Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Pit, Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center Pit; South Pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 41.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36.9

mindat Locality ID: 62579
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62579.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Pit, Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center Pit; South Pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt 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.

Apatite	Calcite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	None	Pascoite	Stibnite

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: C Ca F Fe H Mo O P S Sb U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca F Fe H Mo O P S Sb U V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Marcasite Meta-autunite None Pascoite Stibnite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Pascoite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	41.1	36.9	27770
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	41.1	36.9	2740
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	41.1	36.9	123
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	41.1	36.9	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	41.1	36.9	388
Pascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₃V⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O	41.1	36.9	78
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	41.1	36.9	3418

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-00037	41.1	36.9		Rb-Sr						Yes		Aktashite	Hg	3905	Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center Pit; South Pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA		Tretbar et al. (2000)	10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<947:DGDIAC>2.0.CO;2	G28_947

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