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Locality Name:
Elk Mountain District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36667
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36667.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elk Mountain District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Austean Prospect
Estes Prospect
Jim Claims
O'Neil Prospect
Pyramid Mine (Robinette Prospect; June Group; Cabin Group)
Red Elephant Incline
Valdez Prospect (Gold Prospect)

Latitude: 41°47'32"N
Longitude: 114°57'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.792222222222,-114.955
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo Na O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteStibniteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2235907,2359112793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212359115509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412359115516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123590627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23235906,235910,23591127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12359113531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2235906,2359073846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12359128173
Gold  (*)CopperAu4235906,235907,235911,23591230554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123591112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22235910,2359125800
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1235911471
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1235910494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23235906,235907,23591039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23235906,235911,23591261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12359104894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33235907,235911,2359123418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312359085317


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