Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Belmont Mine (Belmont Mines), Belmont, Belmont District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19.8

mindat Locality ID: 61837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belmont Mine (Belmont Mines), Belmont, Belmont District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°4'17"N
Longitude: 117°12'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.071388888889,-117.21611111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Fornacite	None	Pyrochlore	Rocksalt	Wurtzite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag As Br Cr Cu H I Mo O P Pb S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Br Cr Cu H I Mo O P Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Fornacite None Pyrochlore Rocksalt Wurtzite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Molybdofornacite ()*
Skinnerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stetefeldtite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	70	70	2793
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	70	70	227
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	70	70	85
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	70	70	180
Molybdofornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(MoO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	70	70	17
Skinnerite ()*	None	Cu₃SbS₃	70	70	11
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	70	70	586
Stetefeldtite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ag₂Sb₂(O,OH)₇	70	70	22
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	70	70	63

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen000222	27	24.8	25.9±1.1	fission track	zircon	DRS-74-266	Yes	Zircon			261556	Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Toquima Range	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000240	23.4	21.4	22.4±1	fission track	zircon	DRS-80-60	Yes	Zircon			261556	Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Toquima Range	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000241	24.6	19.8	22.2±2.4	fission track	apatite	DRS-80-60	Yes				261556	Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Toquima Range	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Mo-00281	70	70							Molybdofornacite	Mo	61837	Belmont Mine (Belmont Mines), Belmont, Belmont District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		Gammons et al. (2006)	10.1007/s10230-006-0113-7	MWE25_70

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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