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Locality Name:
Beast Deposit, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 39.2

mindat Locality ID: 212651
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212651.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beast Deposit, Lynn District, Eureka 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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Stibnite

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 Ba Fe H K O S Sb Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Clay Corundum Kaolinite None Pyrite Stibnite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	40.4	39.2	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	40.4	39.2	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	40.4	39.2	11547
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	40.4	39.2	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	40.4	39.2	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	40.4	39.2	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	40.4	39.2	39462
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	40.4	39.2	1153
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	40.4	39.2	3418

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
	Mo-00225	40.4	39.2		Rb-Sr						Yes		Christite, Cinnabar, Corderoite, Galkhaite, Gortdrumite, Gruzdevite, Jordisite, Molybdenite, Schuetteite, Tiemannite, Ilsemannite	Mo, Hg	31632	Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA		Arehart et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.235	EG98_235

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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