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Locality Name:
Alladin Group, Railroad District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.3

mindat Locality ID: 41504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41504.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alladin Group, Railroad District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Cleveland Mine
Hold-Up Mine
Homestake Mine
Mounted Ledge Mine
Nevada Bunker Hill Mine
Nevada Bunker Hill Mines
Portal Mine
Spring Mine
Standing Elk Claim
Waterfoot Mine

Latitude: 40°30'58"N
Longitude: 116°'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.516111111111,-116.00916666667

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryllonite	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryllonite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Duftite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lead ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryllonite Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

36 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	236382	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	236382	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	236387,236391	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	236391	11547
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)			1	236391	47
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	236391	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	40.7	33.3	3	236381,236382,236391	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	236377,236378,236386,236387,236391	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	236387,236391	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	40.7	33.3	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	40.7	33.3	2	236381,236391	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	40.7	33.3	5	236381,236382,236386,236387,236391	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	236391	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	236387,236391	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	40.7	33.3	3	236381,236386,236387	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	236391	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	40.7	33.3	2	236381,236386	4135
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	236391	220
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	236391	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	40.7	33.3	3	236381,236387,236391	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	40.7	33.3	1	236381	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	236387	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	236391	5591
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	236387	192
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	236387,236391	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	40.7	33.3	5	236380,236381,236382,236387,236391	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	236387	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	40.7	33.3	2	236381,236391	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	40.7	33.3	5	236377,236378,236381,236386,236391	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			3	236380,236382,236387	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	40.7	33.3	3	236381,236387,236391	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	40.7	33.3	3	236381,236387,236391	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	40.7	33.3	0		5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40.7	33.3	2	236381,236387	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	236380	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	40.7	33.3	1	236381	1025

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-117347	40.7	33.3	37±3.7					117347						41511	Delmas Mine (Sweepstakes Mine; Delmas SW Mine; Como Mine), Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin Group, Railroad District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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