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Locality Name:
New York Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 260849
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260849.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New York Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Crescent District

Latitude: 35°29'7"N
Longitude: 115°9'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.485277777778,-115.15361111111

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 Al Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Os P Pb S Sb Si V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorrensite
CovelliteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTurquoiseZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hydrobiotite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Osmium  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Turquoise  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12352382793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2757012352335509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2235235,23524311547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F75701235227304
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812352364286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS475702235233,2352475516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123523427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS275705235233,235235,235238,235243,23524727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12352384165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12352472970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23235236,235237,2352539617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3235235,235238,23524324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5235229,235230,235231,235238,23523930554
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O7570123523349
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)757012352271487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27570123523312537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12352524924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2757012352335800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1235251945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22235236,23525417380
Osmium  (*)NoneOs1235238169
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312352351425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS275703235231,235233,23523839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2757014235229,235230,235231,235232,235233,235234,235235,235236,235238,235241,235243,235245,235247,23525261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12352305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123523821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312352355317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O75705235232,235233,235242,235246,235250484
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2235230,235234605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42235230,2352341655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2235244,235249939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2235244,2352495251



1 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
PorphCu-00128757075–70      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, TurquoiseCu63180Crescent Peak Prospect, Crescent District, New York Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USACrescent PeakSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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