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Locality Name:
Copper Basin, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.3

mindat Locality ID: 209343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Basin, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Contention Mine
Sweet Marie Mine
Widow Mine

Latitude: 40°36'10"N
Longitude: 117°2'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.602777777778,-117.04638888889

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	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Boothite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Goethite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Yarrowite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

36 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	40.7	33.3	1	237682	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	40.7	33.3	1	237682	1534
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	40.7	33.3	0		194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	40.7	33.3	2	237682,237684	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	40.7	33.3	1	237683	5509
Boothite ()*	Melanterite	Cu(SO₄)·7H₂O	40.7	33.3	0		18
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	40.7	33.3	1	237683	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	40.7	33.3	1	237682	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	40.7	33.3	2	237682,237683	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	40.7	33.3	3	237682,237683,237684	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	40.7	33.3	1	237683	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	40.7	33.3	2	237682,237683	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	40.7	33.3	1	237683	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	40.7	33.3	0		1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	40.7	33.3	1	237682	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	40.7	33.3	1	237682	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	40.7	33.3	1	237682	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	40.7	33.3	3	237682,237683,237684	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	40.7	33.3	0		38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	40.7	33.3	1	237682	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	40.7	33.3	1	237682	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	40.7	33.3	1	237682	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	40.7	33.3	1	237682	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	40.7	33.3	0		5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	40.7	33.3	1	237683	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	40.7	33.3	3	237682,237683,237684	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	40.7	33.3	3	237682,237683,237684	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	40.7	33.3	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	40.7	33.3	3	237682,237683,237684	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	40.7	33.3	3	237682,237683,237684	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	40.7	33.3	2	237682,237683	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	40.7	33.3	2	237682,237684	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	40.7	33.3	0		73
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	40.7	33.3	1	237683	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40.7	33.3	1	237682	2562
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	40.7	33.3	0		70

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-117022	40.7	33.3	37±3.7					117022						209343	Copper Basin, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-30247	40.7	33.3	37±3.7					30247						209343	Copper Basin, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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