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Locality Name:
Grant Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 95.15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 77.85

mindat Locality ID: 263668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grant Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Troy District

Latitude: 38°19'55"N
Longitude: 115°33'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.331944444444,-115.55916666667
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12395652734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12395719052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212395715509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412395705516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2239565,2395724979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22239563,23957027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612395704135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12395708173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS95.1577.855239565,239567,239568,239571,23957224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2239566,23956830554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123957112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS295.1577.855239565,239567,239568,239571,23957239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24239568,239570,239571,23957261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2239569,2395704894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4239565,239570,239571,23957221482


2 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-3616195.1577.8586.5±8.65   36161    40313Leadhill Claim, Troy District, Grant Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3616295.1577.8586.5±8.65   36162    40313Leadhill Claim, Troy District, Grant Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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