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Locality Name:
Northumberland Mine, Northumberland District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 173.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19.8

mindat Locality ID: 29784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29784.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 38°57'29"N
Longitude: 116°50'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.958055555556,-116.84666666667
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalcioferriteCalcite
ChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartz
RocksaltTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)173.8139.503250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS173.8139.509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2173.8139.505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)173.8139.5011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4173.8139.505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)173.8139.5027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2173.8139.5027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl173.8139.501382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O173.8139.503531
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F173.8139.502740
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12173.8139.50663
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)173.8139.507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu173.8139.5030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O173.8139.506890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6173.8139.502228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2173.8139.5012537
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O173.8139.5044
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6173.8139.50254
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)173.8139.50492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O173.8139.502994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O173.8139.50428
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)173.8139.50140
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3173.8139.50733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3173.8139.501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2173.8139.5039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2173.8139.5061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O173.8139.501153
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O173.8139.50263


8 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 
NAVDAT-117339170.5139.5155±15.5   117339    29784Northumberland Mine, Northumberland District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-117340170.5139.5155±15.5   117340    29784Northumberland Mine, Northumberland District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-117935173.8142.2158±15.8   117935    29784Northumberland Mine, Northumberland District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-9759170.5139.5155±15.5   9759    29784Northumberland Mine, Northumberland District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-9760170.5139.5155±15.5   9760    29784Northumberland Mine, Northumberland District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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