Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pan American Mine, Comet District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 57797
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57797.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pan American Mine, Comet District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°52'16"N
Longitude: 114°36'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.871111111111,-114.60638888889

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Braunite	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Braunite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Braunite Calcite Corundum Diaspore None Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	66	2.6	483
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	2.6	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66	2.6	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	2.6	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	2228
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	477
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	66	2.6	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	2.6	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	66	2.6	3106
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	2.6	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	2.6	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	66	2.6	1803

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-00480	66	2.6	Tertiary											57797	Pan American Mine, Comet District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA	Pan American	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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