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Locality Name:
Bullion District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 42.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.2

mindat Locality ID: 36867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bullion District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 112
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 111

Number of Child Localities: 109
Child Localities:
Ajax Prospect
Altenburg Hill Prospect
Altenburg Placer
Altenburg Prospect
Badger Mine
Big Chief Prospect
Birthday Placer
Blue Eagle Mine (Blue Sky Mine)
Blue Fern Prospect
Blue Matrix Mine
Blue Nugget Prospect
Blue Rock Prospect
Blue Sky Placer
Bradshaw Mine
Bridal Vein Prospect
Bronco No. 2 Placer
Caledonia Placer
Campbell And Young Mine
Clipper Prospect
Color Back Mine (Turquoise Boy Mine)
Desert Placers
Dolores Placer
Dutch Oven Placer
Dutch Oven Prospect
Eagle Mines
Elder Creek Mine
Emma No. 2 Placer
Empire Prospect (Roosevelt Claims)
Estella Bertrano Prospect
Euclid Prospect
Exile Prospect
Extra Placer
Fairview Placer
Gem Mine
Giffen Placer
Gold Acres Mine
Gold Pan Mine
Gold Pan Placer
Gold Quartz Mine
Gold Slug Placer
Grand Prize Prospect
Grey Eagle Mine
Greystone Mine
Gylding No. 2 Placer
Gylding Prospect (Gelding Prospect)
Hay And May Prospect
House Rock Prospect
Independence Placer
Jarbidge Prospect
Lady Of The Lake Mine
Lakin Prospect (Gold Acres Prospect)
Lander Blue Mine
Lander Mine
Little Chief Prospect
Little Gem Mine
Little Gem Prospect (Cracker Jack Prospect)
Little Phoenix Prospect
Locust Placer
Locust Prospect
Louie Mine (Bonnie Jean Mine)
Lucky Boy Placer
Lucky Boy Prospect
Lyon Prospect
Marilyn Placer
Mary Ellen Placer
Mill Gulch Placer
Mineral Range Mine
Minnesota Placer
Mud Springs Mine
Mud Springs Placer
New Blue Mine (Blue Gem Mine)
New Lander Blue Turquoise Mine
No Name No. 1 Prospect
Norma Placer
Old Campground Prospect
Old Mill Mine
Old Tenabo Placer
Pastime Placer
Pastime Prospect
Phoenix Prospect
Pipeline Mine
Rayleigh Prospect
Red Hills Prospect
Rex No. 1 Placer
Rex No. 2 Placer
Rufan Prospect
Ruff & Ready Mine
Sander Prospect
Shultes Prospect
Silver Gem Prospect
Silver Grey Mine
Silver Prize Prospect
Silver Sides Mine
Stanley Prospect
Starting Point Placer
Steinich Mine (Gold Acres Mine; Stone Cabin Mine)
Super-X Mine (Arrowhead Mine)
Tom Cat Mine
Triplett Group Placer
Turquoise 50 Prospect
Utah Vista Prospect
Valley View Prospect
Verde Web Mine
Viola Prospect
Violet Shaft
Virginia Placer
White Rock Mine (Estabrook Mine)
Wonder Placer
Yellow Streak Placer

Latitude: 40°18'56"N
Longitude: 116°44'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.315555555556,-116.73444444444

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Carminite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite
Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Turquoise

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carminite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Cu H Mn O P Pb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Carminite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite
Gypsum Hexahydrite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Turquoise

52 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	237925	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	237925,237947	9052
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)			1	237931	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	237925	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			5	237903,237908,237932,237973,237999	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	237931	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	237947	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			2	237947,237961	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	237947	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	237895,237925,237961,237973	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	237931	178
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	237947	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	237947	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	237925,237947	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			3	237907,237931,237947	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	42.9	34.2	0		3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	237931	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	237925	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	237925	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	237925	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	237947	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	237895,237925,237947	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	237925,237947,237973	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			35	237892,237896,237902,237905,237906,237910,237911,237912,237916,237921,237922,237924,237925,237927,237929,237936,237940,237947,237950,237953,237956,237958,237960,237962,237966,237969,237970,237973,237976,237977,237987,237991,237998,238000,238001	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	237925	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	237925,237973	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	237925	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	237925	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	237925,237973	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	237925	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	237947	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	237925	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	237925	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	237931	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	237925,237931,237997	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	237973	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	237925	254
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	237973	511
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			2	237925,237931	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			6	237895,237915,237925,237939,237947,237973	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	42.9	34.2	0		3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	42.9	34.2	0		1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	237925	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	237895,237925,237931,237947,237973	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	237925	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			3	237895,237925,237931	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	237942	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	237925,237947	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	237947	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	237925	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	42.9	35.1	20	237894,237897,237898,237899,237900,237909,237939,237944,237946,237948,237961,237963,237965,237967,237969,237978,237988,237989,237990,237992	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			3	237909,237931,237995	301

2 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-117944	41.8	34.2	38±3.8					117944						60027	Gold Quartz Mine, Bullion District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-118212	42.9	35.1	39±3.9					118212						60078	Tom Cat Mine, Bullion District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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