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Locality Name:
West Orebody, Copper Canyon Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 38

mindat Locality ID: 61851
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61851.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Orebody, Copper Canyon Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	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 As B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	38	38	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	38	38	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	38	38	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	38	38	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	38	38	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	38	38	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38	38	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	38	38	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	38	38	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	38	38	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	38	38	2740
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	38	38	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	38	38	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38	38	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	38	38	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	38	38	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	38	38	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	38	38	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	38	38	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38	38	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	38	38	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38	38	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	38	38	598
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	38	38	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	38	38	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38	38	21482
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	38	38	275
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	38	38	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	38	38	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	38	38	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	38	38	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	38	38	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
	PorphCu-00123	38	38	38							Yes		Anhydrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	60113	Copper Canyon Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA	Copper Canyon	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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