Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blind Mountain Prospect, Pioche District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 26600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blind Mountain Prospect, Pioche District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°1'40"N
Longitude: 114°36'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.027777777778,-114.61083333333

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Ludwigite	Malachite	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Ludwigite Malachite None Pyroxene Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Spinel ()*	Szaibélyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	25	20	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	25	20	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	20	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	25	20	4135
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	25	20	341
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	25	20	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	25	20	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	20	12537
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	25	20	1934
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	25	20	87

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
	sedznpb-00484	25	20	Tertiary, 25–20 Ma							Yes				36716	Pioche District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA	Pioche	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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