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Locality Name:
Klondyke District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 106
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.2

mindat Locality ID: 36749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Klondyke District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
East Klondyke Mine
Klondyke Hills
Klondyke Prospect (Annex Claims)
Silver King Mine (Speculator; Silver King; Silver Knight; Golden Spear; Possibility; President Claims)
Silver Zone Mine
Smith Black Matrix Mine (Owa Claim)
South Klondyke Mine
Unnamed Locality

Latitude: 37°54'39"N
Longitude: 117°11'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.910833333333,-117.19
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSulphurTurquoise

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Stetefeldtite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Turquoise  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)10610.202734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)210610.205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS410610.205516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10610.2123677327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)10610.22236778,2367794979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl10610.201382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O10610.22236772,2367793531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10610.204165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S10610.201027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10610.2123677524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu10610.22236772,23677430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310610.2123677414640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)610610.212367792228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210610.2123677912537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210610.23236772,236775,23677761156
Stetefeldtite  (*)PyrochloreAg2Sb2(O,OH)710610.2022
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS10610.20332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS10610.202045
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O10610.21236777484
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO410610.212367721655


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00018010.810.210.5±0.3K-Ar sanidineK-1  Sanidine  36749Klondyke District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USAKlondike Minig DistrictSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen000181106102104±2K-Ar muscoviteMg-1  Muscovite  36749Klondyke District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USAKlondike Minig DistrictSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 

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