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


mindat Locality ID: 36657
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36657.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charleston District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Badger Claims
Batholith Mine (Mission Cross Mine; New Chance Mine; White Star Mine; Stevens Mine)
Black Warrior Mine
Bounty Claim
Carleton Tunnel (Copper Mountain)
Hunter Mine (Wildcat Barium Mine; Sun Creek)
McKnights Placer
Monarch Property
Prunty Antimony Mine (Rattler Mine; Prunty No. 7 Claim)
Prunty Mine (Graham Mine)
Prunty Prospect
Rescue Mine (Kaff-Rock Mine; Erl-Jack Mine; Cleveland Mine?)
Seventy-six Barite Mine (Barite Group; Sandie Group; 76 Prospect)
Seventy-six Creek Placers
Slattery Mine (Memphis Mine)
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Prospect (2)

Latitude: 41°37'31"N
Longitude: 115°26'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.625277777778,-115.44277777778
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 Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3235725,235727,2357309052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5235716,235723,235725,235726,23572811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2235717,23572527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22235725,23572727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12357178173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3235723,235725,23573024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3235722,235723,23572930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123571714640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612357232228
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212357175800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1235717494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25235723,235724,235725,235727,23573039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812357259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25235716,235724,235725,235727,23572861156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1235732969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2235717,2357234894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3235724,235725,23572721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33235724,235725,2357273418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132235725,2357275317


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