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Locality Name:
Eureka Tunnel, Prospect Ridge, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 107
Youngest recorded age at locality: 107

mindat Locality ID: 60713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eureka Tunnel, Prospect Ridge, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°28'43"N
Longitude: 115°59'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.478611111111,-115.98555555556

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Copper	Kobellite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

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: Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Copper Kobellite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Gold ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	107	107	2162
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	107	107	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	107	107	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	107	107	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	107	107	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	107	107	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	107	107	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	107	107	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	107	107	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	107	107	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	107	107	2562

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-00459	107	107	107							Yes				20084	Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA	Eureka	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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