Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Anderson Mine, Gold Butte District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1381
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1357

mindat Locality ID: 61436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anderson Mine, Gold Butte District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°13'14"N
Longitude: 114°13'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.220555555556,-114.21944444444

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.

Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1381	1357	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1381	1357	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1381	1357	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1381	1357	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1381	1357	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1381	1357	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1381	1357	61156

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
	Bradley_2012_045	1381	1357	1369±12	Ar/Ar			muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			36553	Gold Butte District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA	[Gold Butte]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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