Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 36549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36549.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Apprentice Prospect
Big Tiger Prospect
Budget Group
Colonel Sellers Claim (Lucky Dutchman Mine?)
Crescent Peak Mine (Wood Mine; Simmons Mine; Turquoise Mine; Aztec Claim; Right Blue Claim)
Crescent Peak Prospect
Cumberland Group (Oro Fino Mine?)
Double Standard Mine
Feldspar Mine
Fluoric Mine
Gingerload Prospect
Gold Group (Crescent Property; Crescent Mine; Tiger Lily Claims)
Ladies Choice Perlite
Lily Group (Calvada Group?)
Morgan Mine
Nippeno Group
Prospectors U Claim
Red Star Group
Smithson-Phillips Mine
Sundog Mine
Superior-Nevada Mine
Thor Claim
Toltec Mine (Toltec & Smithson Phillips)
Unnamed Prospect [1]
Unnamed Prospect [2]
Unnamed Prospect [3]
Unnamed Prospect [4]
Uranium Location No. 6 (Sample C926)
Uranium Location No. 7 (Sample C927)

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

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	Apatite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corrensite
Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Zircon

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 ()*

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: C Ce F Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corrensite
Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Turquoise Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	235238	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	75	70	1	235233	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	235235,235243	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	75	70	0		304
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	235236	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	75	70	2	235233,235247	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	235234	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	75	70	5	235233,235235,235238,235243,235247	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	235238	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	235247	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	235236,235237,235253	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	235235,235238,235243	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	235229,235230,235231,235238,235239	30554
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	75	70	1	235233	49
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	75	70	0		1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	75	70	1	235233	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	235252	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	75	70	1	235233	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	235251	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	235236,235254	17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	235238	169
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	235235	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	75	70	3	235231,235233,235238	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	75	70	14	235229,235230,235231,235232,235233,235234,235235,235236,235238,235241,235243,235245,235247,235252	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	235230	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	235238	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	235235	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	75	70	5	235232,235233,235242,235246,235250	484
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			2	235230,235234	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			2	235230,235234	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			2	235244,235249	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	235244,235249	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00128	75	70	75–70									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Turquoise	Cu	63180	Crescent Peak Prospect, Crescent District, New York Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA	Crescent Peak	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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