Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
St. Anthony Mine (Toy Mine), Toy District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 95.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 78.3

mindat Locality ID: 60935
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60935.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St. Anthony Mine (Toy Mine), Toy District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°59'18"N
Longitude: 118°42'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.988333333333,-118.70666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrotungstite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	95.7	78.3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	95.7	78.3	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	95.7	78.3	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	95.7	78.3	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	95.7	78.3	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	95.7	78.3	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	95.7	78.3	24243
Hydrotungstite ()*	None	WO₂(OH)₂·H₂O	95.7	78.3	13
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	95.7	78.3	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	95.7	78.3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	95.7	78.3	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	95.7	78.3	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	95.7	78.3	21482

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-127256	95.7	78.3	87±8.7					127256						60935	St. Anthony Mine (Toy Mine), Toy District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-127257	95.7	78.3	87±8.7					127257						60935	St. Anthony Mine (Toy Mine), Toy District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

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