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Locality Name:
Battle Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 41.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.3

mindat Locality ID: 36829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36829.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Battle Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
B & M Placer
Big Pay Mine
Golden Era Group (Good Chance Group)
Gracie Mine (Elder Creek Mine)
Marigold Mine
Morning Star Mine
Red Rock Group
Ridge Mine

Latitude: 40°41'25"N
Longitude: 117°6'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.690277777778,-117.10305555556

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 As Au Ba C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12372499052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212372485509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123725111547
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S38383237248,237250,2372545707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS238382237249,23725027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12372483531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123724924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu40.733.32237247,23724930554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22237248,23725412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2383812372505800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS238382237249,23725039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8383812372509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123724961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123724921482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12372481101



5 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-11739940.733.337±3.7   117399    59575B & M Placer, Battle Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11697441.834.238±3.8   116974    59571Gracie Mine (Elder Creek Mine), Battle Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11697641.834.238±3.8   116976    59571Gracie Mine (Elder Creek Mine), Battle Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11739541.834.238±3.8   117395    59571Gracie Mine (Elder Creek Mine), Battle Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
PorphCu-00122383838      Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, PyrrhotiteCu59571Gracie Mine (Elder Creek Mine), Battle Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USAElder CreekSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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