Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Garnet Mine (Garnet Tungsten Mine; Knowles Bros. Mine; Knowles Brothers Tungsten Claims; Oxbow Mine; Montrose Mine; Tennesse Mountain Mine), Alder District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 114.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 93.6

mindat Locality ID: 40803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garnet Mine (Garnet Tungsten Mine; Knowles Bros. Mine; Knowles Brothers Tungsten Claims; Oxbow Mine; Montrose Mine; Tennesse Mountain Mine), Alder District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°47'39"N
Longitude: 115°40'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.794166666667,-115.67416666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Actinolite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Uraninite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si U W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	114.4	93.6	3419
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	114.4	93.6	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	114.4	93.6	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	114.4	93.6	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	114.4	93.6	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	114.4	93.6	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	114.4	93.6	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	114.4	93.6	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	114.4	93.6	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	114.4	93.6	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	114.4	93.6	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	114.4	93.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	114.4	93.6	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	114.4	93.6	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	114.4	93.6	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	114.4	93.6	2718

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
	NAVDAT-117737	114.4	93.6	104±10.4					117737						40803	Garnet Mine (Garnet Tungsten Mine; Knowles Bros. Mine; Knowles Brothers Tungsten Claims; Oxbow Mine; Montrose Mine; Tennesse Mountain Mine), Alder District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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