Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.8

mindat Locality ID: 36687
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36687.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Merrimac District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Aljo Claims
Baltimore Mine
Barite Claim
Big Bird Claims (Ace; Joan Laura)
Blue Basin Prospect
Carlin Black Matrix Mine
Dresser Mineral Claims
Eagle Claims (Chicken Creek; Maggie)
Fox Creek Ranch
Gem
Gonz Creek (Gonce Creek)
Hunter Prospect (Silver Tip; Merrimac)
IM Claims
LAJ Claims (Sleeper Prospect)
Little J. W. Claims
Lone King Mine (Magnetite Claims; Iron Hood; Hogle; Pacific Consolidated)
Lone Mountain Barite Mine
Lone Mountain Mine
Lone Wolf Mine (Fern #4 Mine; Hunter Mine; Malachite Mine; Merrimac Mine; Silver Tip Mine; Lone Mountain Mine; Reincarnation Mine)
Monarch Mine
Rip Van Winkle Mine (Rip Claims)
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 41°9'23"N
Longitude: 115°59'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.156388888889,-115.99472222222

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Turquoise

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Turquoise

34 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	65	1.8	1	236266	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	236248	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	236269	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	65	1.8	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	236268	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			6	236250,236251,236254,236255,236264,236268	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	1.8	5	236248,236261,236262,236266,236267	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	236268	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	1.8	4	236249,236265,236266,236268	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	236265	3531
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	236265	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	65	1.8	2	236265,236266	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	236248,236249,236265	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	1.8	6	236252,236259,236261,236266,236267,236268	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	236268	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	236252,236261,236263,236265	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			3	236262,236267,236268	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	236258	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	236263,236265	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	236248,236260,236265,236268	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	236256	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	236251	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	1.8	10	236248,236249,236252,236256,236258,236259,236265,236266,236267,236268	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	236268	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65	1.8	6	236256,236260,236265,236266,236267,236268	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	65	1.8	1	236266	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	236262	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	236268	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	236249,236252,236265,236268	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	65	1.8	2	236259,236266	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	236258	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	65	1.8	4	236249,236262,236265,236266	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	236248	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	236253	484

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-117975	42.9	35.1	39±3.9	117975	41396	Lone Wolf Mine (Fern #4 Mine; Hunter Mine; Malachite Mine; Merrimac Mine; Silver Tip Mine; Lone Mountain Mine; Reincarnation Mine), Merrimac District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118016	42.9	35.1	39±3.9	118016	41396	Lone Wolf Mine (Fern #4 Mine; Hunter Mine; Malachite Mine; Merrimac Mine; Silver Tip Mine; Lone Mountain Mine; Reincarnation Mine), Merrimac District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118017	42.9	35.1	39±3.9	118017	41396	Lone Wolf Mine (Fern #4 Mine; Hunter Mine; Malachite Mine; Merrimac Mine; Silver Tip Mine; Lone Mountain Mine; Reincarnation Mine), Merrimac District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118018	42.9	35.1	39±3.9	118018	41396	Lone Wolf Mine (Fern #4 Mine; Hunter Mine; Malachite Mine; Merrimac Mine; Silver Tip Mine; Lone Mountain Mine; Reincarnation Mine), Merrimac District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118025	65	1.8	33.4±31.6	118025	41396	Lone Wolf Mine (Fern #4 Mine; Hunter Mine; Malachite Mine; Merrimac Mine; Silver Tip Mine; Lone Mountain Mine; Reincarnation Mine), Merrimac District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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