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

mindat Locality ID: 36663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Delano District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
86 Mine (Gold Note Group - In Part)
Argyle
Black Bird
Cleveland Mine
Delano Mine (Net Mine; Delno Mine; Panther Mine)
Emigrant Springs Prospects (Landy Group)
Gold Note Mine (May Claim)
Indian Springs Tungsten Mine (Gamble Ranch Mine; Ludwig Tungsten Mine; Tunnel Mine)
Mitchell Mine
Podner Claims
Tin Occurrence
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 41°30'39"N
Longitude: 114°30'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.510833333333,-114.5125

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Topaz

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Perovskite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Topaz

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	235847,235848	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	235851	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	235847,235848	2734
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	3	235844,235847,235848	450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	235851	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	235847,235849,235850,235851	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	235847,235854	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	235844,235847,235848	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	235851	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	235851	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	235851	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	235851	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	235851	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	235847,235848,235851	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	235851	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	235854	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	235851	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	235847	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	235851	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	235851	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	235849,235851	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	235851,235853,235854	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	235851	2349
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	235851	495
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	235851	494
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	235848	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	235847,235848,235851	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	235844,235847,235848,235849,235850,235851,235852,235854	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	235851,235852,235855	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	235847,235848,235851	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	235847,235848,235851	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	235851	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	235851	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	235848	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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