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Locality Name:
Valley View District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 92.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 75.6

mindat Locality ID: 36703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valley View District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Autunite Occurrence (V14)
Beryl Prospect (V15)
Dawley Canyon Area
Eddie Claims
Errington-Thiel Mica Mine (Big Mica Mine; Holiday?)
Hankins Canyon Beryl Occurrence
Localities K4 And K24
Locality J21
Locality V11
Locality V8
Locality Y3
Locality Y4
Locality Y6
Mica Mine (Mick Mine; Locality K2)
Mutual Mica Co. Mine (Locality Q5)
Road Canyon Area
Unnamed Pegmatite

Latitude: 40°24'4"N
Longitude: 115°27'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.401111111111,-115.4525

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Autunite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Autunite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Zircon

28 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			1	236561	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	92.4	75.6	3	236547,236549,236553	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	236549	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			2	236549,236562	1310
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	236545	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	92.4	75.6	13	236545,236546,236547,236549,236550,236551,236552,236553,236554,236555,236556,236557,236558	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	236560,236561	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	236560,236561	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	236548,236561	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	236548,236561	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	236549	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	236548,236561	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	236548,236561	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	236561	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	92.4	75.6	2	236547,236549	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	92.4	75.6	1	236547	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	92.4	75.6	12	236545,236546,236547,236549,236551,236553,236554,236555,236556,236557,236558,236559	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	92.4	75.6	1	236547	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			3	236549,236560,236561	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	236548,236560,236561	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	236561	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	92.4	75.6	9	236545,236546,236547,236548,236549,236553,236558,236560,236561	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	236560,236561	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	236548,236561	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	236549,236562	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	92.4	75.6	0		1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	236561	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	236549	5251

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-118228	92.4	75.6	84±8.4					118228						63598	Dawley Canyon Area, Valley View District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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