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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 53.84
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.2

mindat Locality ID: 36681
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36681.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kinsley District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Copper Prospect
Kinsley Mountain Deposit
Morning Star Mine
Phalen Mine (Southam Mine; Kerong Mine; Phelan-Keegan Mine; Kinsley Consolidated Mine)
SM Claim Area

Latitude: 40°8'7"N
Longitude: 114°21'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.135277777778,-114.35
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachite
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteWollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12362009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)253.8434.205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS453.8434.212362025516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2236199,23620027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)53.8434.204979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S53.8434.205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS253.8434.2123620227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl53.8434.201382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O53.8434.22236201,2362023531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12362002600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS53.8434.2123620224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu123620030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32236199,23620014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)253.8434.2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS253.8434.212362025800
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12362002994
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)53.8434.21236202494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS253.8434.22236200,23620239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO253.8434.25236199,236200,236201,236202,23620361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)53.8434.212362024894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123620021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312362003418
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)253.8434.202562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO353.8434.201247


5 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-11823241.834.238±3.8   118232    41351Phalen Mine (Southam Mine; Kerong Mine; Phelan-Keegan Mine; Kinsley Consolidated Mine), Kinsley District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11823341.834.238±3.8   118233    41351Phalen Mine (Southam Mine; Kerong Mine; Phelan-Keegan Mine; Kinsley Consolidated Mine), Kinsley District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11823441.834.238±3.8   118234    41351Phalen Mine (Southam Mine; Kerong Mine; Phelan-Keegan Mine; Kinsley Consolidated Mine), Kinsley District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
USGS-Rb-Sr-0284853.8453.8453.84Rb-Srage of intrusionbiotite     41351Phalen Mine (Southam Mine; Kerong Mine; Phelan-Keegan Mine; Kinsley Consolidated Mine), Kinsley District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-0284936.3236.3236.32Rb-Srage of intrusionbiotite     41351Phalen Mine (Southam Mine; Kerong Mine; Phelan-Keegan Mine; Kinsley Consolidated Mine), Kinsley District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 

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