Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 139.5

mindat Locality ID: 36666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Edgemont District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Alta Vista Claim Group
Big Bob Mine (Lucky Girl Group - In Part)
Bull Run Mine (Bruno Claims)
Burns Group
Burns Mine (High Line Mine)
Burns Scheelite Mine
Chellis Mine (Challis Mine; Idaho Mine)
Echo Canyon Mine (Elko Canyon Mine)
Edgemont Mine (Atlas Mining Co.; San Juan Mining Co.; Lucky Girl - 0320070178)
Indian Creek Prospects (Owyhee; Montrose)
Lucky Boy Mine (Lucky Girl Group - In Part; Edgemont Mine)
Lucky Girl Mine (Lucky Girl Group - In Part; Edgemont Mine)
Nevada Mine (BFB Enterprises; Mystery Mine; Nevada Zinc Mine)
White Rock Canyon Prospects

Latitude: 41°41'13"N
Longitude: 116°9'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.686944444444,-116.15972222222

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O P Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Vivianite

15 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
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	235899	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	235891,235900,235901	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	235892	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	235891,235899,235900,235901	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			6	235891,235892,235894,235899,235900,235901	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	235891,235892,235900,235901	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	235899	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	235891,235900,235901	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	235899	633
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			6	235891,235892,235894,235899,235900,235901	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	235892	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	235893,235894,235895,235899,235900,235901	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	235895	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	170.5	139.5	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	235899	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-117312	170.5	139.5	155±15.5	117312	41096	Nevada Mine (BFB Enterprises; Mystery Mine; Nevada Zinc Mine), Edgemont District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118560	170.5	139.5	155±15.5	118560	41096	Nevada Mine (BFB Enterprises; Mystery Mine; Nevada Zinc Mine), Edgemont District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9732	170.5	139.5	155±15.5	9732	41096	Nevada Mine (BFB Enterprises; Mystery Mine; Nevada Zinc Mine), Edgemont District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

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