Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lime Mountain District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36684
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36684.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lime Mountain District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fran Nos. 1-30 (Millionaria)
Lime Mountain Mine (Eldorado Mine; Liberty Mine)

Latitude: 41°34'4"N
Longitude: 116°11'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.567777777778,-116.19472222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	236224	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	236224	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	236224	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	236224	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	236224	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	236224	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	236224	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	236224	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	236224	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	236224	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	236224	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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