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Locality Name:
Gold Circle District (Midas District), Elko Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36672
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36672.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Circle District (Midas District), Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 36
Child Localities:
Acme Group
Banner Mine
Belvoir Group
Blue Bell Mine (Grizzly Grove Mine; Lucky Boy Mine)
Bobcat
Colorado Grande Mine
Eastern Star Mine (ASARCO Star Claims)
Elko Prince Mine
Esmeralda Mine Area (Buena Mine; Midas Mining Group; Esmeralda Claims; Golden Fraction Mine)
Fairview Claims
Gold Circle Mine (Bamberger Group; Bonberger Mine)
Gold Circle Queen
Gold Circle Run
Gold Crown Lode (Gold Circle Crown Group)
Golden Chariot Mine
Golden Chariot Placer
Homestake
Jackson Mine (Big Chief Group; King Midas Claim; Dixie Claim)
Judge Mine (Old Judge Mine)
June Bell Mine (Elko Prince Group)
Ken Snyder Mine (Midas Mine)
Ken Snyder Minerex-Grande Deposit
Link Mine (Missing Link Mine; Big Chief Group)
Little Jewel Mine (Water Witch Mine; Gold Circle Company Mine)
Midas Mine (Reco Mine; Big Chief Group; King Midas Claim; Dixie Claim)
Miners Gold Mine (Silver Star Mine; Gold Circle Company Mine)
Queen
Queen Peak
Rand Mine
Red Arrow Claims
Rex Mine
Ripsaw Mine
Saint Paul Mine (Banner-St. Paul Mine; Banner Group)
Sleeping Beauty Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Yaden; Boyle; Tayant Lease

Latitude: 41°14'37"N
Longitude: 116°46'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.243611111111,-116.78277777778
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cu Fe H O S Sb Se Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite
PrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berzelianite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Eskebornite  (*)Eucairite  (*)Fischesserite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S5235967,235972,235973,235996,2359982793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS3235976,235986,23599087
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12359889052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4235972,235985,235986,23599511547
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)066
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5235972,235983,235986,235988,23599027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22235986,23599027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2235973,2359881382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3235994,235995,2359962600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1235986281
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12359908173
Eskebornite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeSe2026
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe123598654
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe23235972,235976,23598624
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212359869617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2235986,23599024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu8235967,235972,235973,235976,235980,235986,235990,23599630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123597614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12359831689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42235986,2359905591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25235986,235990,235994,235995,2359965674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2235986,2359901508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23235983,235986,23599017380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se4235972,235976,235986,235990192
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1235990471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12359952994
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212359901898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32235971,235988733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32235967,2359981425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210235967,235972,235973,235983,235986,235988,235990,235991,235996,23600139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214235972,235973,235974,235975,235983,235985,235986,235988,235990,235993,235994,235996,235998,23599961156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1235990598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2235986,2359906417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2235972,2359865186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2235986,23599021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS4235971,235973,235979,235988332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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