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Locality Name:
Big Mike Mine, Tobin And Sonoma Range District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 58783
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58783.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Mike Mine, Tobin And Sonoma Range District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°32'32"N
Longitude: 117°33'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.542222222222,-117.55694444444

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epsomite
Halotrichite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Alpersite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Antlerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epsomite
Halotrichite Malachite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	300	300	10
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	300	300	272
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	300	300	246
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	300	300	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	300	300	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	300	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	300	300	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	300	300	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	300	300	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	300	300	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	300	300	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300	300	300
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	300	300	484
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	300	300	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	300	300	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	300	300	17380
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	300	300	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	300	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	300	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	300	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	300	300	1101

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
	vms-01069	300	300	Pennsylvanian-Permian										S	58783	Big Mike Mine, Tobin And Sonoma Range District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	Big Mike	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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