Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Harrison Pass District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 36676
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36676.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harrison Pass District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Campbell Mine (New Deal Mine; Stinnet Mine; Stormy Night Mine; Anna D. Mine; Lizzie Claims)
Climax Mine (Baldwin Lease)
Lakeview Mine
Lizzie Claims
Sliper Mine
Smith Creek
Star Tungsten Mine (Star Mine; Ogilvie Mine; Harrison Pass Mine)
Unnamed Prospect (HP-8)
Unnamed Prospect (Lizzie Claims - In Part)

Latitude: 40°18'13"N
Longitude: 115°20'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.303611111111,-115.33666666667

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Stibnite	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Stibnite Vesuvianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	39.6	32.4	1	236021	3419
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	39.6	32.4	4	236015,236019,236020,236021	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	39.6	32.4	1	236021	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	39.6	32.4	1	236021	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	39.6	32.4	2	236017,236021	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	236022	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	39.6	32.4	4	236018,236021,236022,236023	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	39.6	32.4	5	236017,236018,236021,236022,236023	8173
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	236018	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	39.6	32.4	0		2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	39.6	32.4	1	236021	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	236015	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39.6	32.4	2	236021,236023	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	39.6	32.4	6	236017,236018,236020,236021,236022,236023	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	39.6	32.4	4	236015,236016,236017,236021	4894
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	39.6	32.4	1	236021	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	39.6	32.4	1	236021	1395

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-117219	39.6	32.4	36±3.6					117219						41183	Star Tungsten Mine (Star Mine; Ogilvie Mine; Harrison Pass Mine), Harrison Pass District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-118230	39.6	32.4	36±3.6					118230						41183	Star Tungsten Mine (Star Mine; Ogilvie Mine; Harrison Pass Mine), Harrison Pass District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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