Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ruby Mts, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 162.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30.7

mindat Locality ID: 62008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby Mts, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lamoille Canyon
Northern Ruby Mountains
Unnamed Pegmatite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Garnet	Meta-autunite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Vesuvianite

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si Ti U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H K Mn O P Si Ti U W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Garnet Meta-autunite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine
Vesuvianite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Beryl ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Graphite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	162.4	30.7	1	236433	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	162.4	30.7	0		2162
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	85.15	82.65	2	236432,236434	4286
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	85.15	82.65	1	236434	321
Graphite ()*	None	C	162.4	30.7	0		2812
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	162.4	30.7	0		469
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	162.4	30.7	0		388
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	85.15	82.65	1	236434	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	162.4	30.7	0		2349
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	85.15	30.7	1	236431	1395

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000003	Precambrian igneous complex separated from paleozoic sequence to the south by 3 generations of granites
josh-tmp0001	Precambrian igneous complex separated from paleozoic sequence to the south by 3 generations of granites
josh-tmp0002	Precambrian igneous complex separated from paleozoic sequence to the south by 3 generations of granites

3 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	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
Jen_0000003	162.4	157	159.7±2.7	Rb-Sr	1st generation granite intrusion into Ruby metamorphic core complex		whole rock	Beryl, Muscovite	Li, Rb, Cs, Sn, Be, Ta	61943	Northern Ruby Mountains, Ruby Mts, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	Ruby Mountains	Černý (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90111-M	PR51_429	1st generation granite intrusion into Ruby metamorphic core complex
josh-tmp0001	85.15	82.65	83.9±1.25	Rb-Sr	2nd generation granite intrusion into Ruby metamorphic core complex	high	whole rock	Beryl, Muscovite, Zircon	Li, Rb, Cs, Sn, Be, Ta	61943	Northern Ruby Mountains, Ruby Mts, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	Ruby Mountains	Černý (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90111-M	PR51_429	2nd generation granite intrusion into Ruby metamorphic core complex
josh-tmp0002	33.1	30.7	31.9±1.2	Rb-Sr	3rd generation granite intrusion into Ruby metamorphic core complex		whole rock			61943	Northern Ruby Mountains, Ruby Mts, Elko Co., Nevada, USA	Ruby Mountains	Černý (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90111-M	PR51_429	3rd generation granite intrusion into Ruby metamorphic core complex

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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