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Locality Name:
Black Metals Mine (Black Metal Mine; Jackrabbit Mine; Day Mine), Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 57686
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57686.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Metals Mine (Black Metal Mine; Jackrabbit Mine; Day Mine), Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Onadaga Mine

Latitude: 38°5'46"N
Longitude: 114°35'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.096111111111,-114.59583333333

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hodrušite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pavonite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	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 Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu H Mn O Pb S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu H Mn O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pavonite Rocksalt Rutile Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	66	2.6	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	2.6	5509
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	66	2.6	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	2.6	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	66	2.6	5707
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	66	2.6	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	24243
Hodrušite ()*	None	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂	66	2.6	28
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	2.6	12537
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	66	2.6	72
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	66	2.6	3106
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	66	2.6	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00449	66	2.6	Tertiary							Yes				36891	Bristol And Jackrabbit Districts, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA	Bristol	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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