Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 17.71
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.49

mindat Locality ID: 36860
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36860.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argenta District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
A. C. Barite Prospect
Argenta Mine (Barium King Mine; Nevada Barite Mine)
Beacon Mine
D. A. Mine (Miller Mine)
Dolezal Mine (Luyton Mine)
H And L Mine
Mule Canyon
Shelton Mine (Barite No. 1 Mine; Barite No. 3 Mine)

Latitude: 40°35'32"N
Longitude: 116°43'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.592222222222,-116.71944444444

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	None

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: Ba C O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte None

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Witherite ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	17.71	14.49	7	237622,237623,237624,237625,237626,237627,237629	11547
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	17.71	14.49	1	237623	251

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-118681	17.71	14.49	16.1±1.61					118681						59814	Argenta Mine (Barium King Mine; Nevada Barite Mine), Argenta District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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