Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alpha Mine, Jarbidge District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 26604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alpha Mine, Jarbidge District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°52'30"N
Longitude: 115°24'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.875,-115.4

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O S Sb Se Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O S Sb Se Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	192
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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