Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ellsworth District (Mammoth District), Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 36723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ellsworth District (Mammoth District), Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Big Chief Mine
Big Springs Mine
Clinton Baird Property
Commodore Mine
Easter Sunday Group Of Claims [?]
Ellsworth
Engle-Stouder Prospect
Esta Buena Mine
Flagstaff Mine [?]
Germany Claim [?]
Japan Claim [?]
Jewel Mine (Eagle Group?)
Kohinoor Mine
Last Chance Group
Lime Dyke Claim [?]
Mercury Prospect
Mexican Mine
Nut Pine Prospect
Piute Mine
Return Mine
Stokes Iron Mine
Vindicator Mine

Latitude: 38°57'15"N
Longitude: 117°47'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.954166666667,-117.78916666667

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	Aragonite	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mn O Pb S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

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	239860	2793
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	239839	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	239848	5707
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	239856	2600
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂			1	239861	179
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	144	65	2	239840,239847	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	239846	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	239848,239855,239858	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	239846	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	239861	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	239847	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			3	239842,239846,239852	469
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	239847	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	239839	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	239846	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	239848,239855,239860	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	144	65	6	239839,239840,239846,239848,239852,239855	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			3	239842,239846,239852	4894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	239848,239860	5317

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-118471	144	65	104+40/-39					118471						40113	Big Springs Mine, Ellsworth District (Mammoth District), Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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