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Locality Name:
Transylvania Mine (Belmont Shaft; Tramps 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: 62261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Transylvania Mine (Belmont Shaft; Tramps Mine), Belmont, Belmont District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°34'46"N
Longitude: 116°51'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.579444444444,-116.86055555556
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.

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 C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAllophaneAluniteBrochantiteCaledoniteChalcopyriteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PolybasitePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Galena  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stetefeldtite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22719.805509
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)62719.80132
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62719.801633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62719.80359
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2719.805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22719.8027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2719.803531
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)2719.80180
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2719.8024243
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62719.802228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22719.80987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22719.8012537
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2719.80716
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22719.8061156
Stetefeldtite  (*)PyrochloreAg2Sb2(O,OH)72719.8022
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132719.805317


3 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
Kristen0002222724.825.9±1.1fission track zirconDRS-74-266 YesZircon  261556Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USAToquima RangeShawe et al. (1986)10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388EG81_388 
Kristen00024023.421.422.4±1fission track zirconDRS-80-60 YesZircon  261556Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USAToquima RangeShawe et al. (1986)10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388EG81_388 
Kristen00024124.619.822.2±2.4fission track apatiteDRS-80-60 Yes  261556Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USAToquima RangeShawe et al. (1986)10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388EG81_388 

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