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Locality Name:
Jefferson Canyon District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19.8

mindat Locality ID: 37070
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37070.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jefferson Canyon District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Antimony Lode Prospect
Goldsmith Maid Mine
Hillside Mine
Jefferson
Jefferson Mine (Jefferson Claim; Kanrohat Mine; Sierra Nevada Mine; Henebergh; Jefferson Canyon)
Prussian Company Shaft
Rappahannock Mine
Troy Mine

Latitude: 38°44'5"N
Longitude: 117°2'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.734722222222,-117.03888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag O Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tellurite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2719.812402592793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22719.812402575509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2719.8124025727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22719.82240256,24025827198
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122719.82240256,240258663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2719.82240256,24025824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2719.8124025830554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2719.80804
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22719.8124025712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22719.812402585800
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32719.812402561425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22719.83240256,240258,24025939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22719.82240257,24025861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2719.82240256,24025821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32719.812402513418
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO22719.8052
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132719.812402595317


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen0002222724.825.9±1.1fission track zirconDRS-74-266 YesZircon  261556Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USAToquima RangeShawe et al. (1986)10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388EG81_388 
Kristen00024023.421.422.4±1fission track zirconDRS-80-60 YesZircon  261556Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USAToquima RangeShawe et al. (1986)10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388EG81_388 
Kristen00024124.619.822.2±2.4fission track apatiteDRS-80-60 Yes  261556Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USAToquima RangeShawe et al. (1986)10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388EG81_388 

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