Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dolly Varden District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36575
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36575.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dolly Varden District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Anchor Prospect
Atlas Claims (Gibson Claims)
Bimetallic Mine
Butte Group (Mizpah Mine Area)
Copper Prospect
Copper-gold Prospect
Dolly Mine (Justice Claims)
Dolly Varden Mine (DV Queen Mine; Murphy Shaft)
Eugene Patent
First Chance Group
Iron Duke (Franklin)
Keystone Mine
Lewis Group
Lone Mustang Prospect
Mica Blosssom Prospect
Mizpah Consolidated Mine (Buena Vista Mine)
Silver Slipper Mine
Tenderfoot Shaft
Unnamed Copper Prospect
Victoria Mine

Latitude: 40°20'18"N
Longitude: 114°31'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.338333333333,-114.53194444444

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Talc
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Devilline ()*	Diopside ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Talc
Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	235875	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3	235874,235875,235879	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	235887	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	235873,235874,235879	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	235885	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	4	235871,235874,235879,235887	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	235871,235875,235887	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	235872,235874,235875,235879,235880,235882,235884,235886,235887	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	235874,235879,235887	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	235871,235875,235877,235880,235887	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	235869,235871,235874,235875,235879,235880,235883,235885,235887	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	235875,235879,235880,235887	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	235887	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	235875,235887	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	235887	4165
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	235887	366
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	235887	4135
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	235887	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	235875	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	235874,235879	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	235880,235882	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	235871,235883	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	235870,235873,235876,235883,235887	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	235869,235875,235877,235879,235880,235885,235887	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	235868,235869,235871,235874,235875,235876,235879,235883,235885,235887	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	235873,235874,235875,235876,235879,235883,235887	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	235879,235887	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	235887	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	5	235869,235873,235874,235885,235886	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	235875,235887	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	235874,235875,235879	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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