Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lewis District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.08

mindat Locality ID: 36714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lewis District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Battle Mountain Mine
Betty O'Neal Mine
Big Florence Mine
Blue Nose Mine
Celestine O'Neal Mine
Dean Mine (Cumberland Mine)
Defiance Mine
Dusang & Logan Mine
Eagle Monitor Mine
Eagle Vein (Eagle Mine)
Echo Prospect (Elevator Prospect)
Florence Prospect
Frank O'Neal Prospect
Friberg Prospect
Gift Prospect
Goat Ridge Window
Gold And Silver Circle Mine
Henry Logan Mine
Highland Chief Mine
Hillside Prospect
Horse Canyon Prospect
Lewis Peak
Lucky Rocks Claim
North Side Prospect
North Wall Prospect
O'Neal Mine (Treasure Vault Mine)
Pittsburg Mine
Starr Grove Mine
Topsy Mine
Whiskey Canyon Prospect
Yreka Mine

Latitude: 40°26'12"N
Longitude: 116°51'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.436666666667,-116.85777777778

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Devilline	Epidote	Germanite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Neyite	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite
Xanthoconite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mo S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Devilline Epidote Germanite Gypsum Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Neyite None Not in a structural group Owyheeite Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite
Xanthoconite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Colusite ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hocartite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montanite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neyite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodostannite ()*	Rhomboclase ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	238086	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS			1	238092	87
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	238086	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄			2	238086,238109	246
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	238090,238092	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	238086,238096,238105,238113	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	238086,238092,238114	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇			1	238102	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	238092	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			2	238086,238096	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	238086,238087,238088	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆			1	238092	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	238092	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			3	238086,238096,238105	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			2	238086,238109	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	238086,238087	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			4	238086,238096,238105,238113	1382
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			1	238092	281
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	238108	1025
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆			1	238109	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	238086	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	238108	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			3	238086,238087,238096	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	238086,238087,238105	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	238086,238092	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	238086	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	238086	6890
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄			1	238092	31
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	238086	2228
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	238092	230
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	238104	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	238086,238096,238105,238113	12537
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	238092	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65	1.08	0		5800
Montanite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₆·nH₂O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)			1	238109	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	238086,238108	17380
Neyite ()*	Neyite	Ag₂Cu₆Pb₂₅Bi₂₆S₆₈			1	238116	12
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈			2	238092,238096	89
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			3	238086,238092,238104	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	238108	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			5	238086,238087,238092,238096,238104	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	238086,238087,238090,238092	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃			1	238092	84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	238086,238087,238092,238096,238102,238105,238113	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	238086,238096	1711
Rhodostannite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄			2	238092,238109	10
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	238092	53
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			3	238086,238096,238116	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	238086,238087,238092	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	238086,238087	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			2	238086,238092	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			3	238086,238090,238092	3418
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	238109	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	238086,238096	5317
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂			1	238092	46
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	238087	1655

1 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-64358	65	1.08	33.04±31.96					64358						59912	Battle Mountain Mine, Lewis District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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