Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dee Mine (Boulder Creek Mine), Bootstrap District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 159
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.2

mindat Locality ID: 40879
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40879.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dee Mine (Boulder Creek Mine), Bootstrap District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°2'9"N
Longitude: 116°25'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.035833333333,-116.42694444444

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	Apatite	Arsenolite	Baryte	Copper	None	Pyrite	Stibnite	Sulphur

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 Au Ba Ca F Fe O P S Sb Se

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Ba Ca F Fe O P S Sb Se

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Arsenolite Baryte Copper None Pyrite Stibnite Sulphur

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*
Selenium ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	159	34.2	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	159	34.2	11547
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	159	34.2	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	159	34.2	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	159	34.2	39462
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	159	34.2	143
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	159	34.2	179
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	159	34.2	3418

5 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-117522	41.8	34.2	38±3.8	117522	40879	Dee Mine (Boulder Creek Mine), Bootstrap District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117523	38.01	37.59	37.8±0.21	117523	40879	Dee Mine (Boulder Creek Mine), Bootstrap District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117555	159	157	158±1	117555	40879	Dee Mine (Boulder Creek Mine), Bootstrap District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117556	159	157	158±1	117556	40879	Dee Mine (Boulder Creek Mine), Bootstrap District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117557	41.8	34.2	38±3.8	117557	40879	Dee Mine (Boulder Creek Mine), Bootstrap District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

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