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Locality Name:
Ludwig, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.8

mindat Locality ID: 262210
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262210.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ludwig, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Casting Copper Mine
Douglas Hill Mine
Ludwig Gypsum Mine
Ludwig Mine
Nevada Denver Mine
Thanksgiving Mine
Unnamed Prospect [1]
Unnamed Prospect [2]

Latitude: 38°57'38"N
Longitude: 119°16'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.960555555556,-119.26916666667

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Ludwigite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Turquoise
Vesuvianite	Volborthite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clintonite ()*	Copper ()*
Cornetite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Libethenite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Szaibélyite ()*	Tangeite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Volborthite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Ludwigite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Turquoise
Vesuvianite Volborthite Wollastonite Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	238887	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			2	238887,238888	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	65	1.8	3	238889,238890,238891	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	238890	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	238890	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	238887,238890	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	238888,238890	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	238887,238890	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	238890	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			3	238887,238888,238890	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	1.8	4	238887,238888,238890,238891	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	238888	77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	65	1.8	4	238887,238888,238890,238891	3531
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	238890	86
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	238890	3846
Cornetite ()*	None	Cu₃(PO₄)(OH)₃			1	238888	26
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	238887,238890	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	238890	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	238887,238888	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	238888,238889	8173
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	238890	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	238888	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	238888,238889,238890	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	238889,238890	6890
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			2	238888,238890	234
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	238889	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	238887	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	238887,238888,238890	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	238887	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	238890	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	238890	2994
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			1	238888	158
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	238889	260
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			2	238888,238890	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	1.8	4	238887,238888,238890,238891	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	238888,238889,238890	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	238889	1934
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)			1	238889	87
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	238888	60
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	238888	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	238888,238890	2562
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			1	238887	628
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃			1	238890	212
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			2	238890,238893	1395
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O			1	238888	155
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	65	1.8	2	238890,238891	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	238890	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	238894	1025

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
	NAVDAT-5443	65	1.8	33.4±31.6				hornblende	5443						29450	Nevada Denver Mine, Ludwig, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050233	Ludwig, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R050233

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