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Locality Name:
Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 14.74
Youngest recorded age at locality: 11.34

mindat Locality ID: 26101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
American Progress Mine
Arista Mine
Goldspar Mine (Diamond Queen Mine)
Harvey Mine (Telluride Mine)
Meiklejohn Mountain
Taylor's Mine
Unnamed Zeolite Deposit [1]

Latitude: 36°51'46"N
Longitude: 116°39'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.862777777778,-116.66277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousCalciteClayCopperFluoriteKaoliniteLazuliteMordeniteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzStauroliteVesuvianite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Mordenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Staurolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)614.7411.342239457,239458966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14.7411.34123945627770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS14.7411.342239457,2394582600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF214.7411.3412394569617
Gold  (*)CopperAu14.7411.342239455,23945630554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)614.7411.3412394562228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414.7411.3412394565591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO414.7411.3412394541507
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)214.7411.341239454232
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O14.7411.341239460405
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O14.7411.342239457,2394582994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214.7411.343239456,239457,23945961156
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)14.7411.340978
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1014.7411.3401395


21 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-1700114.7412.0613.4±1.34   17001    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1700214.7412.0613.4±1.34   17002    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1700314.7412.0613.4±1.34   17003    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1700414.7412.0613.4±1.34   17004    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1700514.7412.0613.4±1.34   17005    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1700614.7412.0613.4±1.34   17006    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1700713.412.613±0.4   17007    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1700813.412.613±0.4   17008    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1700913.412.613±0.4   17009    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1701013.412.613±0.4   17010    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1701113.412.613±0.4   17011    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1701213.412.613±0.4   17012    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1701313.8611.3412.6±1.26   17013    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1701413.8611.3412.6±1.26   17014    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1701513.8611.3412.6±1.26   17015    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1701613.8611.3412.6±1.26   17016    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1701713.8611.3412.6±1.26   17017    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1701813.8611.3412.6±1.26   17018    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1701913.8611.3412.6±1.26   17019    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1702013.8611.3412.6±1.26   17020    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1702113.8611.3412.6±1.26   17021    26101Beatty, Bare Mountain District (Fluorine District), Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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