Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 36581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burner District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Mint Mine (Burner Hills Mine; Castaldi #1 Claim)
Mirat Mine
Silver Ace Prospect
Silver Coin Prospect (Pony Express Prospect; Ruby Claims)
Silver Queen Claims
Unnamed Prospect
Willow Claims

Latitude: 41°27'28"N
Longitude: 116°39'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.457777777778,-116.65472222222

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	235690	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	235687,235688	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	235687,235688,235690	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	235687,235688	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	235687,235688	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	235692	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	235687,235688	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	235692,235693	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	235690	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	235687,235688,235690,235691	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	235687,235688,235690,235691,235692,235693	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	235687,235688	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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