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Locality Name:
Elko, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 39.2

mindat Locality ID: 284902
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284902.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elko, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Carlin Gold Mine

Latitude: 40°54'41"N
Longitude: 116°19'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.911388888889,-116.32361111111
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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Tl U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryte
BixbyiteBrackebuschiteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichite
DescloiziteFluoriteFritzscheiteGalkhaiteGeocroniteGypsumHewettiteKaoliniteLeucophosphiteMandarinoite
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPascoitePhosphofibritePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSchubneliteSincositeSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite
VolborthiteWavelliteWeissbergiteWurtzite

94 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)
Avicennite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carlinite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Christite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Corderoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ellisite  (*)
Englishite  (*)Fervanite  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Frankdicksonite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galkhaite  (*)Getchellite  (*)Gold  (*)Gratonite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Häggite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hewettite  (*)
Heyite  (*)Hummerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kazakhstanite  (*)Kingite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Lorándite  (*)
Mandarinoite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Phosphofibrite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Richellite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schubnelite  (*)
Schuetteite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Selenium  (*)Siderite  (*)Sincosite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Tinticite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tripuhyite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)
Volborthite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Weissbergite  (*)Witherite  (*)
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)640.439.21237138966
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs40.439.21237138379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O340.439.21237138231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS40.439.212371389052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)340.439.2123713879
Avicennite  (*)BixbyiteTl2O340.439.212371387
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)240.439.212371385509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)40.439.2123713811547
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O40.439.21237138280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)40.439.2123713827770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O40.439.2123713888
Carlinite  (*)NoneTl2S40.439.212371382
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)240.439.21237138178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)40.439.212371384979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S40.439.212371385707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O40.439.21237138197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240.439.2123713827198
Christite  (*)NoneTlHgAsS340.439.212371386
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O40.439.212371383531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS40.439.212371382600
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)40.439.21237138363
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl240.439.2123713816
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS40.439.212371384165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)640.439.21237138310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O40.439.212371382970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)240.439.21237138179
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)40.439.21237138378
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)440.439.21237138651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)240.439.212371389895
Ellisite  (*)NoneTl3AsS340.439.212371382
Englishite  (*)NoneK3Na2Ca10Al15(OH)7(PO4)21·26H2O40.439.212371386
Fervanite  (*)NoneFe3+4V5+4O16·5H2O40.439.2123713810
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O40.439.2123713840
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF240.439.212371389617
Frankdicksonite  (*)FluoriteBaF240.439.212371382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40.439.2123713824243
Galkhaite  (*)Galkhaite Tetrahedrite(Hg5Cu)CsAs4S1240.439.2123713813
Getchellite  (*)NoneSbAsS340.439.2123713819
Gold  (*)CopperAu40.439.2123713830554
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S1540.439.2123713824
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS40.439.21237138717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O40.439.212371386890
Häggite  (*)NoneV3+V4+O2(OH)340.439.2123713817
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O340.439.2123713814640
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O40.439.2123713858
Heyite  (*)BrackebuschitePb5Fe2+2O4(VO4)240.439.2123713810
Hummerite  (*)PascoiteKMgV5+5O14·8H2O40.439.2123713821
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)640.439.212371382228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S2340.439.21237138105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)440.439.212371385591
Kazakhstanite  (*)NoneFe3+5V4+3V5+12O39(OH)9·9H2O40.439.212371386
Kingite  (*)NoneAl3(PO4)2F2(OH)·7H2O40.439.2123713812
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O40.439.21237138110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)40.439.21237138234
Lorándite  (*)NoneTlAsS240.439.2123713815
Mandarinoite  (*)MandarinoiteFe3+2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O40.439.2123713814
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS240.439.212371385674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O40.439.21237138443
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O40.439.21237138129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS240.439.212371385800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)240.439.2123713817380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S340.439.21237138511
Phosphofibrite  (*)Phosphofibrite(H2O,K)3.5Fe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·5H2O40.439.212371385
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)440.439.21237138369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240.439.2123713839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO240.439.2123713861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS40.439.21237138712
Richellite  (*)NoneCaFe3+2(PO4)2(OH,F)240.439.212371385
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)40.439.212371384894
Schubnelite  (*)SchubneliteFe3+(V5+O4)·H2O40.439.212371384
Schuetteite  (*)NoneHg3O2(SO4)00123713821
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O40.439.212371381153
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe40.439.21237138143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)40.439.212371386417
Sincosite  (*)SincositeCa(VO)2(PO4)2·4H2O40.439.2123713810
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS40.439.2123713821482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)40.439.21237138446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S340.439.212371383418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O40.439.21237138263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS40.439.212371382045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1340.439.212371381803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1340.439.212371385317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe40.439.2123713883
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O40.439.2123713819
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O40.439.212371381059
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O440.439.2123713866
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O40.439.21237138628
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl40.439.21237138605
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O40.439.21237138301
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)240.439.2123713846
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O40.439.21237138155
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O40.439.21237138374
Weissbergite  (*)WeissbergiteTlSbS240.439.212371384
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)40.439.21237138251


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
Mo-0022540.439.2 Rb-Sr    YesChristite, Cinnabar, Corderoite, Galkhaite, Gortdrumite, Gruzdevite, Jordisite, Molybdenite, Schuetteite, Tiemannite, IlsemanniteMo, Hg31632Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA Arehart et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.235EG98_235 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050249Carlin Gold Mine, Elko, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050249

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