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Locality Name:
Valley View District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 92.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 75.6

mindat Locality ID: 36703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valley View District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Autunite Occurrence (V14)
Beryl Prospect (V15)
Dawley Canyon Area
Eddie Claims
Errington-Thiel Mica Mine (Big Mica Mine; Holiday?)
Hankins Canyon Beryl Occurrence
Localities K4 And K24
Locality J21
Locality V11
Locality V8
Locality Y3
Locality Y4
Locality Y6
Mica Mine (Mick Mine; Locality K2)
Mutual Mica Co. Mine (Locality Q5)
Road Canyon Area
Unnamed Pegmatite

Latitude: 40°24'4"N
Longitude: 115°27'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.401111111111,-115.4525

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: Al Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti U W Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicAutuniteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212365613419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)92.475.63236547,236549,2365538803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312365492353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52236549,2365621310
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12365451272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1892.475.613236545,236546,236547,236549,236550,236551,236552,236553,236554,236555,236556,236557,2365584286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2236560,2365611966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32236560,2365611935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2236548,23656127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22236548,23656127198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812365491756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62236548,2365614135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2236548,2365618173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123656124243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O392.475.62236547,23654914640
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)92.475.612365474924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)292.475.612236545,236546,236547,236549,236551,236553,236554,236555,236556,236557,236558,23655917380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)92.475.61236547326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23236549,236560,2365612273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23236548,236560,23656139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812365619056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO292.475.69236545,236546,236547,236548,236549,236553,236558,236560,23656161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22236560,2365615614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2236548,2365614894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52236549,2365621516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)392.475.601214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123656121482
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12365495251



1 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-11822892.475.684±8.4   118228    63598Dawley Canyon Area, Valley View District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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