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Locality Name:
Comet District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 36894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Comet District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Comet Mine
Log Cabin Mine
Non Pariel Mine
Pan American Mine
Pyrite Mine
Shodde Mine (Lyndon Mine)
Silver Star Mine
West Mine

Latitude: 37°53'8"N
Longitude: 114°36'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.885555555556,-114.60694444444
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 As Au C Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Braunite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12385032793
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)662.61238506483
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)662.62238503,2385064979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123850327198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1238503551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS662.65238503,238506,238508,238509,23851024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)662.612385067437
Gold  (*)CopperAu123850330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3662.6123850614640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1238503469
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6662.612385061066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6662.612385062228
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6662.62238503,238506477
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3662.612385061425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2662.62238506,23850839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2662.612385063106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22238503,23850561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)662.62238506,2385086417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS662.64238503,238506,238507,23850821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13662.612385061803


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00480662.6Tertiary        57797Pan American Mine, Comet District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USAPan AmericanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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