Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Elijah Mine, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 122.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 99.9

mindat Locality ID: 59528
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59528.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elijah Mine, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°15'57"N
Longitude: 114°56'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.265833333333,-114.94666666667

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite
Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bornite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Covellite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite
Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	122.1	99.9	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	122.1	99.9	919
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	122.1	99.9	5516
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	122.1	99.9	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	122.1	99.9	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	122.1	99.9	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	122.1	99.9	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	122.1	99.9	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	122.1	99.9	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	122.1	99.9	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	122.1	99.9	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	122.1	99.9	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	122.1	99.9	987
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	122.1	99.9	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	122.1	99.9	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	122.1	99.9	454
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	122.1	99.9	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	122.1	99.9	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	122.1	99.9	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	122.1	99.9	1655

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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 ID
NAVDAT-116873	122.1	99.9	111±11.1		116873				59528	Elijah Mine, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-116874	122.1	99.9	111±11.1		116874				59528	Elijah Mine, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-116960	122.1	99.9	111±11.1		116960				59528	Elijah Mine, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-38338	111	109	110±1	unknown	38338				59528	Elijah Mine, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-38339	111	109	110±1	unknown	38339				59528	Elijah Mine, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
PorphCu-00121	111	109	111–109			Yes	Actinolite, Alunite, Andalusite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Goethite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tremolite, Wollastonite, Zunyite	Cu	59491	Ruth Pit, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	Ely	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

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