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Adularia from
Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:K Feldspar var: Adularia
Formula:KAlSi3O8
Age information
Maximum recorded age:17 ± 0.7 Ma
Minimum recorded age:16.3 ± 0.5 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
116.3 ± 0.5 MaMiocene - K-Ar
217 ± 0.7 MaMiocene - K-Ar
316.4 ± 0.5 MaMiocene - K-Ar
Sample references:
1 -
Silberman, M. L., Bonham, H. F. Jr., Garside, L. J., Ashley, R. P. (1978) Radiometric ages of volcanic and plutonic rocks and hydrothermal alteration-mineralization in the Tonopah Mining District and vicinity, Nye and Esmerelda Counties, Nevada. United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-841. 1-48.
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Silberman, M. L., Bonham, H. F. Jr., Garside, L. J., Ashley, R. P. (1978) Radiometric ages of volcanic and plutonic rocks and hydrothermal alteration-mineralization in the Tonopah Mining District and vicinity, Nye and Esmerelda Counties, Nevada. United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-841. 1-48.
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Silberman, M. L., Bonham, H. F. Jr., Garside, L. J., Ashley, R. P. (1978) Radiometric ages of volcanic and plutonic rocks and hydrothermal alteration-mineralization in the Tonopah Mining District and vicinity, Nye and Esmerelda Counties, Nevada. United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-841. 1-48.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Adularia data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:193729
Long-form Identifier:1:3:193729:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Adularia in this Region
Tonopah Divide Mine, Tonopah, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Adularia
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘThree Hills Prospect, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘHasbrouck Mountain, Divide Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘBig Pine Mine, Gold Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘGold Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘManhattan Gold Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
51.9km (32.3 miles) ⓘBig Four Mine, Gold Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘEarle Mine (Union No. 2), Litigation Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
52.2km (32.4 miles) ⓘApril Fool Mine, April Fool Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
57.0km (35.4 miles) ⓘBald Mountain, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
64.2km (39.9 miles) ⓘSixteen-to-One Mine, Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
Kleinhampl, Frank J., Ziony, Joseph I. (1984) Mineral Resources of Northern Nye County, Nevada. Bulletin 99B. Nevada Bureau of Mines
 
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