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Locality Name:
Yellow Pine Mine (Yellow Pine Lead Zinc Mine; Hilo; Radio; Como; Hermes), Goodsprings, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1258.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 211

mindat Locality ID: 3891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3891.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellow Pine Mine (Yellow Pine Lead Zinc Mine; Hilo; Radio; Como; Hermes), Goodsprings, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bybee Mine
Prairie Flower Mine
Rover Mine

Latitude: 35°51'19"N
Longitude: 115°29'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.855277777778,-115.48888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteClayDescloizite
FeldsparKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltRutileSphalerite
StibniteVivianite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3592112235383,2353842734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3592110445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35921112353843250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63592110919
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)63592111235384132
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3592112235383,23538427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)63592110359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3592112235383,2353844979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35921103531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS35931802600
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)3592111235384378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235921112353849895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3592112235383,23538424243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O35921112353841689
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)3592110111
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63592113235383,235384,2353851066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635921102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435921112353845591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23592110987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2359211012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl35921112353841107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3592110492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)35921112353842349
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO23592110158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63592111235384477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2359211039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35921101725
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)23592110454
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35921101153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3592112235383,2353842473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359211021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S335921103418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO35921101101
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl3592111235384605


13 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00036359318 ?-? Host rock    YesCinnabar, Perroudite, PotariteHg3888Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA Church et al. (2005)10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.04.012ESR73_323 
Kristen002203213.2211212.1±1.1206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002204213.6211.8212.7±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002205214.5212.5213.5±1206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002206216.2214.4215.3±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002207216.5214.7215.6±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002208218.8215.8217.3±1.5206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002209220.3218.3219.3±1206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002210221.1217.7219.4±1.7206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002211224.1222.5223.3±0.8206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002212225.6222.8224.2±1.4206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002213229.9228.1229±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen0022141258.41243.21250.8±7.6206Pb/238U lowzircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 

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