Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tybo Mine (Treadwell-Yukon Mine; 2 G Shaft; Hales Shaft), Tybo District, Hot Creek Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26.7

mindat Locality ID: 40342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tybo Mine (Treadwell-Yukon Mine; 2 G Shaft; Hales Shaft), Tybo District, Hot Creek Range, Nye 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

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Aleksite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aleksite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₂S₂	26.7	26.7	28
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	26.7	26.7	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	26.7	26.7	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	26.7	26.7	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26.7	26.7	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	26.7	26.7	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26.7	26.7	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	26.7	26.7	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	26.7	26.7	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26.7	26.7	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	26.7	26.7	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26.7	26.7	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	26.7	26.7	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26.7	26.7	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	26.7	26.7	5317

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
	Hg-00092	26.7	26.7		Ar-Ar, K-Ar						Yes		Calomel, Cinnabar, Livingstonite, Mercury, Metacinnabar	Hg	37106	Tybo District, Hot Creek Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		Best et al. (1989); Best and Christiansen (1991); Sawyer et al. (1994)

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