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Locality Name:
Corral Creek District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 39.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32.4

mindat Locality ID: 36661
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36661.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corral Creek District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Arf Property
Prospect Adit (Ruby Mountain Zinc Claims - In Part)
S. & L. Mother No. 1 Claim
Summit King Mine (Ruby Mountain Zinc Claims - In Part)
Summit View Mine (Ruby Mountain Zinc Claims - In Part; Lang Prospect; Streeter Mine)
Unnamed Pegmatite

Latitude: 40°17'15"N
Longitude: 115°31'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.2875,-115.53166666667
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 Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylCalciteChalcopyriteFeldsparMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Celsian  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212358365509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812358374286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123583627770
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)1235836100
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123583627198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3235833,235835,23583624243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12358361689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123583612537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123583639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812358369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123583661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)39.632.412358344894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2235835,23583621482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212358332562


2 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
NAVDAT-11722539.632.436±3.6   117225    41002S. & L. Mother No. 1 Claim, Corral Creek District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-12612238.635.436+2.6/-0.6   126122    41002S. & L. Mother No. 1 Claim, Corral Creek District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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