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Locality Name:
Golden Ensign Mine (Silver Banner Mine), Mountain City District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 102.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 83.7

mindat Locality ID: 41449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Ensign Mine (Silver Banner Mine), Mountain City District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°49'22"N
Longitude: 115°56'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.822777777778,-115.94722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S102.383.702793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS102.383.709052
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)102.383.704979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2102.383.7027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl102.383.701382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS102.383.7024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu102.383.7030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2102.383.7012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2102.383.705800
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3102.383.70733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2102.383.7039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl102.383.701725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2102.383.7061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)102.383.704894
Silver  (*)CopperAg102.383.705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS102.383.7021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4102.383.70586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13102.383.705317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-118545102.383.793±9.3   118545    41449Golden Ensign Mine (Silver Banner Mine), Mountain City District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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