Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lexington Mine (Bonanzy Mine), Lexington District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 94.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 77.4

mindat Locality ID: 59191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lexington Mine (Bonanzy Mine), Lexington District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°51'3"N
Longitude: 114°12'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.850833333333,-114.21222222222

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.

Calcite	None	Scheelite

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: C Ca O W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None Scheelite

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Scheelite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	94.6	77.4	0		27770
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	94.6	77.4	0		4894

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-117085	88.2	84.4	86.3±1.9	muscovite	117085	Muscovite	59191	Lexington Mine (Bonanzy Mine), Lexington District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117307	94.6	77.4	86±8.6		117307		59191	Lexington Mine (Bonanzy Mine), Lexington District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118393	94.6	77.4	86±8.6		118393		59191	Lexington Mine (Bonanzy Mine), Lexington District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7844	92.3	80.3	86.3±6		7844		59191	Lexington Mine (Bonanzy Mine), Lexington District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9727	94.6	77.4	86±8.6		9727		59191	Lexington Mine (Bonanzy Mine), Lexington District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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