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Locality Name:
Anaconda's Yerington Open Pit (Empire-Nevada Mine; Nevada-Empire Mine; Weed Heights), Yerington, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 169
Youngest recorded age at locality: 165

mindat Locality ID: 3910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anaconda's Yerington Open Pit (Empire-Nevada Mine; Nevada-Empire Mine; Weed Heights), Yerington, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°58'58"N
Longitude: 119°11'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.982777777778,-119.19305555556

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rutile
Spinel	Turquoise

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Copper ()*	Cornetite ()*	Cornubite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Turquoise ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rutile
Spinel Turquoise

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	169	165	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	169	165	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	169	165	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	169	165	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	169	165	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	169	165	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	169	165	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	169	165	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	169	165	127
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	169	165	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	169	165	3846
Cornetite ()*	None	Cu₃(PO₄)(OH)₃	169	165	26
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	169	165	109
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	169	165	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	169	165	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	169	165	144
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	169	165	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	169	165	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	169	165	593
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	169	165	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	169	165	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	169	165	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	169	165	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	169	165	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	169	165	492
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	169	165	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	169	165	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	169	165	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	169	165	1153
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	169	165	1101
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	169	165	484

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
	PorphCu-00013	169	165	169-165									Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile	Cu	3910	Anaconda's Yerington Open Pit (Empire-Nevada Mine; Nevada-Empire Mine; Weed Heights), Yerington, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA	Yerington	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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