Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 36683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36683.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
American Beauty Mine (Kanau Mine; Sloepoke Mine)
Galena King Mine
Hargrove Mine
Knob Hill Mine (Long Canyon Mine; L. C. Claims)
Long Canyon Mine (Knob Hill; Joan; Henry; James; Shannon; Brown)
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 40°31'45"N
Longitude: 115°27'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.529166666667,-115.46111111111

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Feldspar	Linarite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Celsian ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Linarite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Copper Feldspar Linarite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	236216	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	236216,236219	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	236221	359
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	236216	100
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	236216	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	236216,236219	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	236221	987
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	236216,236219	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	236216	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	236216,236219	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	236216,236219	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	236216	5317
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	236216	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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