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Locality Name:
Hollister Deposit (Ivanhoe/USX; Butte; Velvet; Clementine), Ivanhoe District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.9

mindat Locality ID: 41292
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41292.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hollister Deposit (Ivanhoe/USX; Butte; Velvet; Clementine), Ivanhoe District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Butte # 1 Mine (Butte Quicksilver Mine)
Butte # 2 Mine (Butte Quicksilver Mine)
Butte Quicksilver Mine (Butte No 1 & 2; Pit 3 Workings; Rand; Bowers; Mayflower; Velvet; Ivanhoe)
Clementine Mine (Shoshone & Barringer Mine)
Ivanhoe

Latitude: 41°6'33"N
Longitude: 116°33'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.109166666667,-116.56638888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mercury ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Kaolinite Marcasite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Zircon

28 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	15.2	14.9	0		966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	15.2	14.9	0		2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	15.2	14.9	0		9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	15.2	14.9	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15.2	14.9	0		27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	15.2	14.9	4	236113,236114,236115,236116	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	15.2	14.9	0		4165
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	15.2	14.9	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15.2	14.9	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	15.2	14.9	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15.2	14.9	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	15.2	14.9	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	15.2	14.9	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15.2	14.9	0		5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	15.2	14.9	0		5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	15.2	14.9	0		397
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	15.2	14.9	0		1508
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	15.2	14.9	0		471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15.2	14.9	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	15.2	14.9	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15.2	14.9	0		61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	15.2	14.9	0		712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	15.2	14.9	0		5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15.2	14.9	0		21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	15.2	14.9	0		3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	15.2	14.9	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15.2	14.9	0		5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	15.2	14.9	0		5251

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
	Hg-00087	15.2	14.9		Ar-Ar						Yes		Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Schuetteite	Hg	29882	Ivanhoe District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA		Wallace (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.409	EG98_409

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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