Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Government Mine, Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 116
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.4

mindat Locality ID: 60819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Government Mine, Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Kristen000182	72.5	69.7	71.1±1.4	K-Ar		muscovite	SPR-1	Yes	Muscovite	36708	Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Lone Mountain Area	Silberman et al. (1978)	USGSOFR78-841
Kristen000183	70.6	67.8	69.2±1.4	K-Ar		biotite	SPR-1A	Yes		36708	Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Lone Mountain Area	Silberman et al. (1978)	USGSOFR78-841
Kristen000184	116	110	113±3	K-Ar		hornblende	GB-1	Yes		36708	Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Lone Mountain Area	Silberman et al. (1978)	USGSOFR78-841
Kristen000185	25.3	18.9	22.1±3.2	fission track		zircon	GRP-1	Yes	Zircon	36708	Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Lone Mountain Area	Silberman et al. (1978)	USGSOFR78-841
Kristen000186	15	14.4	14.7±0.3	K-Ar	hydrothermal alteration age	sanidine	Miller-1	Yes	Sanidine	36708	Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Lone Mountain Area	Silberman et al. (1978)	USGSOFR78-841

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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