Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ivanhoe District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.9

mindat Locality ID: 29882
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29882.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ivanhoe District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Amexco
Coleman Group (Midas)
East Pit
Fox Mine (Pangburn Property; Governor Group)
Governor Mine (Hunt Property; Silver Fox Mine; Combination Mine; Florence Mine; Portland Claims)
Hatter Prospect
Hollister Deposit (Ivanhoe/USX; Butte; Velvet; Clementine)
Jackson & Surprise Claims
Lark Group (Rattlesnake; Lucky Boy; Davis And Roseberry; Cinnabar Group; Ivanhoe; Lark Quick)
Mercury Prospect
Mountain King Mine
Old Timer Mine
Redboy Group
Rimrock And Homestake Mines (Wilburg Mine; Ivanhoe Cinnabar Mine)
Sheep Corral Mine
Silver Cloud Mine (New Verde Mine)
Unnamed Mercury Prospects (IV-18)
Velvet Mine
Wild Horse

Latitude: 41°7'36"N
Longitude: 116°35'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.126666666667,-116.59222222222

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Alunite ()*	Ammonioalunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Buddingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Covellite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rutile ()*	Schuetteite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H N O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Zircon

38 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	15.2	14.9	2	236110,236112	966
Ammonioalunite ()*	Alunite	(NH₄)Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	15.2	14.9	0		11
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	15.2	14.9	1	236112	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	15.2	14.9	1	236112	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15.2	14.9	2	236110,236120	11547
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈	15.2	14.9	0		27
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	15.2	14.9	1	236112	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	15.2	14.9	1	236124	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15.2	14.9	1	236112	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	15.2	14.9	17	236107,236109,236110,236111,236113,236114,236115,236116,236118,236119,236120,236122,236123,236124,236125,236126,236128	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	15.2	14.9	1	236112	4165
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	15.2	14.9	1	236108	2740
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	15.2	14.9	1	236112	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15.2	14.9	1	236112	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	15.2	14.9	1	236112	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15.2	14.9	2	236112,236128	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	15.2	14.9	1	236112	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	15.2	14.9	1	236112	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15.2	14.9	1	236112	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	15.2	14.9	1	236112	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	15.2	14.9	1	236112	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	15.2	14.9	2	236121,236126	255
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	15.2	14.9	1	236112	1508
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	15.2	14.9	1	236112	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	15.2	14.9	12	236107,236109,236110,236111,236118,236119,236122,236123,236124,236126,236127,236128	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15.2	14.9	1	236112	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	15.2	14.9	1	236108	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	15.2	14.9	1	236112	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15.2	14.9	2	236112,236126	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	15.2	14.9	1	236112	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	15.2	14.9	1	236112	5614
Schuetteite ()*	None	Hg₃O₂(SO₄)	0	0	1	236126	21
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15.2	14.9	1	236112	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	15.2	14.9	1	236112	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	15.2	14.9	0		2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	15.2	14.9	1	236112	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15.2	14.9	1	236112	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	15.2	14.9	1	236112	5251

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-00087	15.2	14.9		Ar-Ar								Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Schuetteite	Hg	29882	Ivanhoe District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA		Wallace (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.409	EG98_409

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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