Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Newberry Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1450.025
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1449.975

mindat Locality ID: 61929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61929.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newberry Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Newberry District

Latitude: 35°21'35"N
Longitude: 114°44'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.359722222222,-114.74222222222

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sodalite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline
Zircon

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Silver ()*
Spessartine ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Sb Si Ta Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ta Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Beryl Brookite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sodalite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline
Zircon

31 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1450.025	1449.975	0		8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1450.025	1449.975	0		3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1450.025	1449.975	1	235269	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1450.025	1449.975	0		4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1450.025	1449.975	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1450.025	1449.975	0		27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1450.025	1449.975	0		1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1450.025	1449.975	0		518
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1450.025	1449.975	1	235265	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1450.025	1449.975	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1450.025	1449.975	0		9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1450.025	1449.975	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1450.025	1449.975	5	235260,235261,235267,235268,235271	30554
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1450.025	1449.975	0		237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1450.025	1449.975	1	235261	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1450.025	1449.975	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1450.025	1449.975	1	235269	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1450.025	1449.975	1	235265	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1450.025	1449.975	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1450.025	1449.975	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1450.025	1449.975	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1450.025	1449.975	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1450.025	1449.975	7	235260,235261,235266,235267,235269,235271,235274	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1450.025	1449.975	0		2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1450.025	1449.975	3	235268,235269,235271	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1450.025	1449.975	0		1214
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1450.025	1449.975	0		211
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1450.025	1449.975	1	235272	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1450.025	1449.975	0		4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1450.025	1449.975	0		1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1450.025	1449.975	0		5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000124	biotite hornblende granite

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
	Jen_0000124	1450.025	1449.975	1450±0.025	U-Pb			zircon				Zircon			61929	Newberry Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA	Biotite-Hornblende Granite, Newberry Mountains, Nevada	Anderson (1983)	10.1130/MEM161-p133	GSAM161_133	anorogenic

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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