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Locality Name:
Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 116
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.4

mindat Locality ID: 36708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Alpine Mine
Blue Jay Claim (Lone Mountain Deposit)
Blue Silver Mine
General Thomas Mine
Gold Eagle Mine
Gossan Mine
Government Mine
Heidi Mine
Livesy Mine (Livesly Mine)
Mammoth No. 1 Claim
Moly Prospect
Snow Ball Claim
Unnamed Prospect
Valley View Mine

Latitude: 37°58'19"N
Longitude: 117°28'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.971944444444,-117.47166666667

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Enargite	Gypsum
Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Talc
Turquoise	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Witherite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Enargite Gypsum
Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Talc
Turquoise Wollastonite Wurtzite

31 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)	116	14.4	1	236789	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	116	14.4	2	236785,236788	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	116	14.4	2	236788,236789	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	116	14.4	1	236794	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	116	14.4	2	236785,236788	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	116	14.4	4	236785,236788,236789,236797	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	116	14.4	1	236795	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	116	14.4	1	236785	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	116	14.4	2	236788,236792	3531
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	116	14.4	1	236785	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	116	14.4	5	236785,236787,236788,236789,236792	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	116	14.4	1	236788	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	116	14.4	3	236788,236792,236797	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	116	14.4	2	236785,236788	1066
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	116	14.4	1	236796	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	116	14.4	4	236785,236787,236788,236797	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	116	14.4	2	236785,236795	5800
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	116	14.4	1	236790	477
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	116	14.4	1	236785	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	116	14.4	4	236787,236788,236789,236795	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	116	14.4	3	236785,236792,236795	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	116	14.4	1	236788	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	116	14.4	2	236790,236792	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	116	14.4	2	236785,236789	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	116	14.4	1	236785	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	116	14.4	2	236787,236792	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	116	14.4	1	236785	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	116	14.4	3	236786,236787,236793	484
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	116	14.4	1	236794	251
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	116	14.4	1	236785	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	116	14.4	2	236785,236797	1655

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Kristen000182	72.5	69.7	71.1±1.4	K-Ar		muscovite	SPR-1	Muscovite	36708	Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Lone Mountain Area	Silberman et al. (1978)	USGSOFR78-841
Kristen000183	70.6	67.8	69.2±1.4	K-Ar		biotite	SPR-1A		36708	Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Lone Mountain Area	Silberman et al. (1978)	USGSOFR78-841
Kristen000184	116	110	113±3	K-Ar		hornblende	GB-1		36708	Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Lone Mountain Area	Silberman et al. (1978)	USGSOFR78-841
Kristen000185	25.3	18.9	22.1±3.2	fission track		zircon	GRP-1	Zircon	36708	Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Lone Mountain Area	Silberman et al. (1978)	USGSOFR78-841
Kristen000186	15	14.4	14.7±0.3	K-Ar	hydrothermal alteration age	sanidine	Miller-1	Sanidine	36708	Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Lone Mountain Area	Silberman et al. (1978)	USGSOFR78-841

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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