Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Vicksburg District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26.48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24.92

mindat Locality ID: 36858
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36858.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vicksburg District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ashdown Mine
Cherry Gulch Mine
Defense Mine
Last Chance Property
Vicksburg Canyon
Vicksburg Mine

Latitude: 41°50'3"N
Longitude: 118°41'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.834166666667,-118.69388888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corrensite	Enargite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corrensite Enargite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	237555	27198
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	26.48	24.92	0		910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	237555	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	237555	30554
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	237555	49
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	237555,237557,237559	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	237555	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26.48	24.92	4	237555,237556,237557,237559	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			4	237555,237557,237558,237560	4894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	237555	5317

2 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-50051	26.48	25.64	26.06±0.42					50051						59669	Cherry Gulch Mine, Vicksburg District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-51470	25.5	24.92	25.21±0.29					51470						59669	Cherry Gulch Mine, Vicksburg District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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