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


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:15.8 ± 0.5 Ma
Minimum recorded age:15.8 ± 0.5 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
115.8 ± 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.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:989530
Long-form Identifier:1:3:989530:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Muscovite in this Region
Tonopah Mining Company, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Tonopah Divide Mine, Tonopah, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘTonopah Mining Company, Tonopah Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘTonopah-Divide Mine, Divide Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘHasbrouck Mountain, Divide Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘClara B. No. 2 Claim, Lone Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
27.3km (17.0 miles) ⓘHall Molybdenum Mine, San Antone Mining District, San Antonio Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, USA
33.4km (20.8 miles) ⓘWee Claim, Weepah Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘGoldfield-Belmont Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘGoldfield-Belmont Mine, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘRoyston Cu deposit, Royston Mining District, Royston Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA
40.8km (25.4 miles) ⓘCarrie Mine, Gilbert 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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