Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
National Mine (National Vein), National District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.6

mindat Locality ID: 36844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "National Mine (National Vein), National District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Stall Shaft (Stahl Mine)

Latitude: 41°50'3"N
Longitude: 117°34'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.834166666667,-117.57138888889

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Meneghinite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Valentinite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Berthierite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Marcasite
Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite

26 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	15.6	15.6	0		2793
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	15.6	15.6	0		379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	15.6	15.6	0		9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	15.6	15.6	0		343
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	15.6	15.6	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15.6	15.6	0		27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15.6	15.6	1	237404	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15.6	15.6	0		30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15.6	15.6	0		5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	15.6	15.6	0		5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	15.6	15.6	0		158
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	15.6	15.6	0		300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15.6	15.6	0		17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	15.6	15.6	0		192
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	15.6	15.6	0		511
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	15.6	15.6	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15.6	15.6	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	15.6	15.6	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15.6	15.6	0		61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	15.6	15.6	0		712
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	15.6	15.6	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15.6	15.6	0		21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	15.6	15.6	0		586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	15.6	15.6	0		3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15.6	15.6	0		5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	15.6	15.6	0		369

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
	Emily000544	15.6	15.6		K-Ar	vein formation					Yes				62749	Buckskin Mountain, National District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	Buckskin Mountain, National District, Humbolt County, Nevada	Vikre (1985)	10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.360	EG80_360	average of two samples; BN2-268 and BN2-297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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