Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Comet District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 36894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36894.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Comet Mine
Log Cabin Mine
Non Pariel Mine
Pan American Mine
Pyrite Mine
Shodde Mine (Lyndon Mine)
Silver Star Mine
West Mine

Latitude: 37°53'8"N
Longitude: 114°36'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.885555555556,-114.60694444444

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Braunite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 As Au C Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

20 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	238503	2793
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	66	2.6	1	238506	483
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	2.6	2	238503,238506	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	238503	27198
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	238503	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	2.6	5	238503,238506,238508,238509,238510	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66	2.6	1	238506	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	238503	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	2.6	1	238506	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	238503	469
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238506	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	1	238506	2228
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	66	2.6	2	238503,238506	477
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	66	2.6	1	238506	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	2.6	2	238506,238508	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	66	2.6	1	238506	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	238503,238505	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	2.6	2	238506,238508	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	2.6	4	238503,238506,238507,238508	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	66	2.6	1	238506	1803

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
	sedznpb-00480	66	2.6	Tertiary											57797	Pan American Mine, Comet District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA	Pan American	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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