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Locality Name:
Little Giant Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 96.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35

mindat Locality ID: 60254
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60254.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Giant Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°36'24"N
Longitude: 117°4'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.606666666667,-117.07638888889
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 As C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCovelliteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S96.83502793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)96.83502734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS96.83509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)296.83505509
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1196.8350843
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)96.83504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S96.83505707
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS96.83504165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS96.835024243
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)696.83502228
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]96.8350716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS396.83501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS296.835039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO296.835061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS96.835021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1396.83505317


6 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
NAVDAT-117035403537+3/-2   117035    60254Little Giant Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11704096.879.288±8.8   117040    60254Little Giant Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11704196.879.288±8.8   117041    60254Little Giant Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-30260403537+3/-2   30260    60254Little Giant Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3026596.879.288±8.8   30265    60254Little Giant Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3026696.879.288±8.8   30266    60254Little Giant Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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