Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Edna Mountain, Santa Rosa Range, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 114.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 92.7

mindat Locality ID: 251394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Edna Mountain, Santa Rosa Range, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Moly Prospect (Nevada Climax Mineral Prospect)

Latitude: 40°49'18"N
Longitude: 117°26'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.821666666667,-117.44222222222

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.

Chalcopyrite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	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: Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	114.4	92.7	1	237503	27198
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	114.4	92.7	1	237503	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	114.4	92.7	1	237503	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	114.4	92.7	1	237503	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	114.4	92.7	1	237503	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	114.4	92.7	1	237503	4894

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-117331	113.3	92.7	103±10.3	117331	222437	Moly Prospect (Nevada Climax Mineral Prospect), Edna Mountain, Santa Rosa Range, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117332	113.3	92.7	103±10.3	117332	222437	Moly Prospect (Nevada Climax Mineral Prospect), Edna Mountain, Santa Rosa Range, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117890	114.4	93.6	104±10.4	117890	222437	Moly Prospect (Nevada Climax Mineral Prospect), Edna Mountain, Santa Rosa Range, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118152	114.4	93.6	104±10.4	118152	222437	Moly Prospect (Nevada Climax Mineral Prospect), Edna Mountain, Santa Rosa Range, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118379	114.4	93.6	104±10.4	118379	222437	Moly Prospect (Nevada Climax Mineral Prospect), Edna Mountain, Santa Rosa Range, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9751	113.3	92.7	103±10.3	9751	222437	Moly Prospect (Nevada Climax Mineral Prospect), Edna Mountain, Santa Rosa Range, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9752	113.3	92.7	103±10.3	9752	222437	Moly Prospect (Nevada Climax Mineral Prospect), Edna Mountain, Santa Rosa Range, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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