Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eldorado South Mine, Belmont, Belmont District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 40063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40063.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 38°34'32"N
Longitude: 116°51'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.575555555556,-116.86416666667

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	Aragonite	Copper	None	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 C Cl H O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cl H O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Copper None Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Stetefeldtite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	27	19.8	2793
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	27	19.8	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	27	19.8	1382
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27	19.8	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	27	19.8	5186
Stetefeldtite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ag₂Sb₂(O,OH)₇	27	19.8	22

3 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	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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