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Adularia from
April Fool Mine, April Fool Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:K Feldspar var: Adularia
Formula:KAlSi3O8
Age information
Maximum recorded age:16.4 ± 0.4 Ma
Minimum recorded age:16.4 ± 0.4 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
116.4 ± 0.4 MaMiocene - K-Ar
Sample references:
1 -
Shawe, D. R., Marvin, R. F., Andriessen, P. A. M., Mehnert, H. H., Merritt, V. M. (1986) Ages of igneous and hydrothermal events in the Round Mountain and Manhattan gold districts, Nye County, Nevada. Economic Geology, 81 (2) 388-407 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Adularia data
Locality Data:Click here to view April Fool Mine, April Fool Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:775119
Long-form Identifier:1:3:775119:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Adularia
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘGold Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘBig Four Mine, Gold Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘBig Pine Mine, Gold Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘEarle Mine (Union No. 2), Litigation Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘManhattan Gold Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘBald Mountain, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) ⓘRound Mountain Mine (Sunnyside Mine), Round Mountain, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘGold Hill Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
39.4km (24.5 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 2700, Cloverdale Mining District, Toiyabe Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
59.6km (37.0 miles) ⓘThree Hills Prospect, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
References
J.V. Tingley and J. Quade (1986) A mineral inventory of the Tonopah Resource Area, Battle Mountain District, Nevada. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology OFR 86-14.
 
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