Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Valley View Mine, Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 60820
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60820.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valley View 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

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

5 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
Kristen00018272.569.771.1±1.4K-Ar muscoviteSPR-1 YesMuscovite  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen00018370.667.869.2±1.4K-Ar biotiteSPR-1A Yes  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen000184116110113±3K-Ar hornblendeGB-1 Yes  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen00018525.318.922.1±3.2fission track zirconGRP-1 YesZircon  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen0001861514.414.7±0.3K-Arhydrothermal alteration agesanidineMiller-1 YesSanidine  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 


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