Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aura District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 165
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 36578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aura District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
AM Claim Group
Arrowhead Placer
Aura King Mine (Gilliam Group Mine)
Aura Queen Mine
Big Four Mine
Blue Jacket Creek Placers
Blue Jacket Mine (Bull Run Mine)
Blue Ribbon - Boyce Mine (Reid Mine; Antimony Ridge Mine; Stibnite Mine)
Bull Run Basin Placers
Bull Run Canyon
California Mine (Revenue)
Columbia Creek Placers
Columbia Mine (Columbia Queen-Bonanza Mine)
Doby Deposit (Doby George Deposit)
Estella Nos. 1 & 2 (Maggie Gulch Placer; Protection)
Gold Bug Placer (AM Claim Group)
Golden Eagle Mine (Bobcat Claims?)
Humboldt Mine
Hungenberg (AM Claim Group; Blue Bird Nos. 1-14; Storff Mines; Hungenberg-Blue Bird Group)
Infidel Mine
Ishtar Consolidated Placer (Am Claim Group)
Jackpot Prospect
Maggie Mine
Maggie Summit Prospect
Polaris Mine
Riddle Mine
Tiger Lode Mine
Wood Gulch Mine

Latitude: 41°41'12"N
Longitude: 116°5'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.686666666667,-116.09027777778

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	235657,235659	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	235642	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	165	135	3	235636,235639,235643	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	165	135	1	235636	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	144	65	4	235649,235650,235658,235659	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	235655	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			9	235635,235637,235639,235643,235645,235650,235652,235658,235659	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	235646	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	235638,235641,235644,235645,235646,235650,235660	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	235646	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	165	65	6	235635,235636,235637,235639,235649,235660	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	235659	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	144	65	10	235635,235637,235639,235640,235643,235646,235649,235652,235658,235660	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			5	235637,235639,235643,235645,235659	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	235640	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	235639,235645,235650	5317

2 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-118557	165	135	150±15					118557						40855	Aura Queen Mine, Aura District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-118207	144	65	104+40/-39					118207						40862	Golden Eagle Mine (Bobcat Claims?), Aura District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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