Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 63953
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63953.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cloverdale District
Jett District
Twin River District
Washington District

Latitude: 38°50'44"N
Longitude: 117°18'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.845555555556,-117.30222222222

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Devilline
Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Devilline
Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			3	240139,240142,240201	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			3	240139,240142,240191	2734
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	240144	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	240199	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			6	240138,240139,240146,240150,240166,240183	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			4	240158,240181,240183,240184	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	240166,240178,240185	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	240150,240154,240161,240199	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			4	240139,240142,240156,240191	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	240158	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	240151,240158,240166,240168,240181	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			2	240146,240178	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	240148	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	240133,240148,240181	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			19	240139,240142,240147,240151,240155,240156,240163,240166,240167,240168,240176,240178,240181,240185,240186,240188,240195,240199,240201	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	240135,240140,240153,240160,240165,240180,240197	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	240157	784
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			6	240138,240139,240146,240150,240166,240183	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	240158,240161,240189	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	240186	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	240178	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			2	240178,240185	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	144	65	19	240139,240146,240147,240150,240153,240155,240156,240161,240163,240166,240168,240173,240178,240181,240186,240189,240195,240199,240200	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	144	65	18	240139,240140,240146,240147,240149,240150,240156,240161,240163,240166,240173,240178,240179,240181,240185,240186,240197,240199	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			4	240149,240174,240189,240193	4894
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	240150	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	240199	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	240178,240185	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			12	240139,240147,240155,240163,240167,240168,240178,240185,240188,240195,240199,240201	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			5	240146,240150,240178,240185,240196	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			7	240146,240150,240155,240163,240178,240185,240201	5317

2 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
	NAVDAT-118318	144	65	104+40/-39					118318						40317	Millett Mine (Millet Mine And Viken Claim; Gold Pocket Mine; Gold Pocket Claim), Twin River District, Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-118319	144	65	104+40/-39					118319						40317	Millett Mine (Millet Mine And Viken Claim; Gold Pocket Mine; Gold Pocket Claim), Twin River District, Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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