Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tolicha District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 14.38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.39

mindat Locality ID: 37102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tolicha District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tolicha Peak

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	Monazite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Uytenbogaardtite

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 Ba Ca Fe H K O P Pb S Si Th

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Clay Copper Corundum Mica Monazite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Uytenbogaardtite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cheralite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*

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	14.38	14.39	2	240205,240206	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	14.38	14.39	2	240205,240206	11547
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂	14.38	14.39	1	240206	50
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	14.38	14.39	2	240205,240206	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14.38	14.39	2	240205,240206	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14.38	14.39	1	240206	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14.38	14.39	1	240206	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14.38	14.39	2	240205,240206	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14.38	14.39	1	240206	61156
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	14.38	14.39	1	240206	46

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
	NAVDAT-86729	14.38	14.39	14.385±-0.005					86729						262994	Tolicha Peak, Tolicha District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

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