Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tecoma District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tecoma District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Durham Claims
Irish Boy Claims (Empire; Lee Mine)
Jackson Mines (Bullock; All-Star; Morning Star; Evening Star; North Star; Star Claims)
Nora Mine
Queen Of The West Mine
Star Mine
Telvemile Prospect (Edith Claims; Bearite)
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 41°26'4"N
Longitude: 114°4'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.434444444444,-114.07916666667

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	None	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dussertite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Powellite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Fe H O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Mica None Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	236501,236503	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	236503,236507,236508	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	236503,236504,236506,236508	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	236501,236502,236503,236505,236506	4979
Dussertite ()*	Alunite	BaFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		33
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	236506	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	236503,236506	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	236502	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		477
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	236506	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	236502,236503,236504,236506,236507,236508	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	236506	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	236502,236505	2473
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	236504	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	236503	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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