Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Indian Flat, Nevada City District, Nevada Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 157
Youngest recorded age at locality: 157

mindat Locality ID: 267730
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267730.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Indian Flat, Nevada City District, Nevada Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Aetna Ledge Mine [1]
Corn Mine (Coan Mine)
Crescent Quartz Mine (Crescent Qtz.)
Debarnardi Mine
Eden Claim
Forest Mine
Giacomella Placer (Giacomealla)
Hilda & Ragon Lode Mine
Homestake Quartz Mine (Homestake Qtz.)
Kirkham Mine
Loyal Gravel Placer Mine
Mount Charles Placer (Mt. Charles Placer)
Mount George Mine
Nevada City Mine
North End Lode Mine (North End Mine)
North Wyoming Mine (Muller & Walling Mine)
Queen Lil Mine (Queen Mine; Buffington Mine)
Ragon Mine (Hilda & Ragon)
Rogers Mine
Scaggs Quartz Mine (Scaggs; Scaggs Qtz)
Schmidt Extension Lode Mine (Schmidt Ext. Lode; Schmidt Extension)
Spanish Fraction Lode Mine (Spanish)
Spanish Gold Quartz Mine (Spanish Gold Qtz.; Spanish Mine)
Spring Ravine Placer
Standard Consolidated Quartz Mine (Standard Consolidated; Standard Con Qtz.; Standard Claim; Standard Extension Claim; Standard Ext.)
Stanford Mine (Oro Fino)
Walling Extension Lode Mine
Yellow Diamond Mine

Latitude: 39°16'27"N
Longitude: 121°3'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.274166666667,-121.05638888889

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: Ag As Au Cr Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11659079052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23165903,165904,16590827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O415715711658953902
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3165904,165907,16590824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu22165891,165892,165893,165894,165896,165899,165900,165901,165903,165904,165906,165907,165908,165909,165910,165911,165912,165913,165915,165916,165917,16591830554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1165904804
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211659045800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23165904,165907,16590839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221165891,165892,165893,165894,165896,165899,165900,165903,165904,165906,165907,165908,165909,165910,165911,165912,165913,165915,165916,165917,16591861156



1 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
podchrome-00169157157Middle Jurassic       Cr84069Eden Claim, Indian Flat, Nevada City District, Nevada Co., California, USAEdenMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


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