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

mindat Locality ID: 36655
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36655.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carlin District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Black Kettle Claims
Deerhead Prospect (Deerhorn Prospect)
Deerhorn Claims (Dama; Deer Head)
Emigrant Springs Mine
Evans Mine
Glamis Dee Mine
Great White Hope Claims
Rain Mine
SMZ Deposit (Southern Mineralized Zone Deposit)
Tri-O-Lite Mine
Woodruff Canyon

Latitude: 40°38'24"N
Longitude: 116°3'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.64,-116.05333333333

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	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Leucophosphite	Lipscombite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Turquoise	Volborthite	Wavellite

Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenogorceixite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Crandallite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dussertite ()*	Faustite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*
Lipscombite ()*	Mansfieldite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metavariscite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Planerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Wavellite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Ti V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Gypsum
Kaolinite Leucophosphite Lipscombite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Orpiment Phosphosiderite Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Turquoise Volborthite Wavellite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	235698,235702	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	235702	2162
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	235702	194
Arsenogorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		15
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	235702	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	235695,235696,235698,235699,235700,235702,235704,235708	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	235695,235702	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	235696	1184
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	235702	2600
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	235702	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Dussertite ()*	Alunite	BaFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	235702	33
Faustite ()*	Turquoise	ZnAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	235702	24
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	235702	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	235698,235702,235704,235708	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	235702	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	235698,235702	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	235698,235702	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	235698,235702	5591
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	235702	110
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	235702	47
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	235702	42
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	235702	27
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	235698,235702	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	235702	511
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	235702	43
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	235698,235702,235704	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	235696,235698,235702	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	235702	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	235702	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	235702	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	235702	2045
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	235702	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	235702,235710	301
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	0		155
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	235702	374
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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