Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 42.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35.1

mindat Locality ID: 36701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuscarora District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Argenta Mine
Belle Isle Mine
Berry Creek Group (Liquid Metals; Ruby Claims)
Commonwealth Mine (H Claims)
DeFrees Mine (De Frieze Mine)
Dexter Mine (Tuscarora Mine)
Eira Mine
Frank And Marguerite Claims
Grand Prize Mine
Great Eastern Claim
Independence Mine
May Queen Mine
McCann Creek Placers
Modoc Claims (Rose Hill #1)
Navajo Mine
Nevada Claims
Nevada Hydraulic Mining Co. Placer
Nevada Queen Mine (Queen Mine)
North Belle Isle Mine (Commando Mine; Reno Claims)
North Commonwealth Mine
Poorman Claim
Redbird Mine (Silverado Mine; Redrock Claims)
Surprise Fraction
Wakefield Group (King Mine; Mascott Mine; Golden Calf Mine)
White Palace Claims
Young America Claim

Latitude: 41°18'44"N
Longitude: 116°14'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.312222222222,-116.23777777778

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Enargite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dickite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Fe H Hg O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Enargite Kaolinite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

34 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			8	236513,236514,236517,236518,236519,236521,236527,236532	2793
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	236518	58
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	236515	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	236514	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	236513,236514,236527,236531,236536	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	42.9	35.1	0		5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	236514,236527	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			10	236513,236514,236516,236517,236519,236521,236523,236527,236532,236533	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	236515,236534	2600
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	42.9	35.1	0		651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	236514	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	236514,236527	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			8	236516,236518,236521,236523,236525,236527,236529,236535	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	236526	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	236516	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	42.9	35.1	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	236515	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	236534	397
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	42.9	35.1	0		300
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	236531	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			2	236514,236527	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			3	236514,236521,236527	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			11	236514,236515,236516,236518,236521,236522,236526,236527,236531,236534,236536	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	42.9	35.1	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			12	236513,236514,236515,236518,236521,236522,236526,236527,236531,236534,236535,236536	61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se			1	236527	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	236521	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			11	236513,236514,236517,236518,236519,236521,236523,236527,236531,236532,236538	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	236514,236527	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	42.9	35.1	5	236514,236521,236527,236530,236531	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	42.9	35.1	0		3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	42.9	35.1	0		332
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	42.9	35.1	0		589
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	236521	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-116854	39.69	39.17	39.43±0.26	hornblende	116854	41674	Nevada Queen Mine (Queen Mine), Tuscarora District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-116861	42.9	35.1	39±3.9		116861	41674	Nevada Queen Mine (Queen Mine), Tuscarora District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-116863	42.9	35.1	39±3.9		116863	41674	Nevada Queen Mine (Queen Mine), Tuscarora District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

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