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Locality Name:
McDermitt Mine, Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 16.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.3

mindat Locality ID: 4206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McDermitt Mine, Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°55'9"N
Longitude: 117°48'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.919166666667,-117.81222222222

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copiapite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Stibnite	Tridymite

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Buddingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*
Chapmanite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copiapite ()*	Corderoite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Eglestonite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kenhsuite ()*	Kleinite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Montroydite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Radtkeite ()*
Realgar ()*	Schuetteite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Terlinguacreekite ()*
Terlinguaite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Tripuhyite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Hg I K Li Mg Mn N Na O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Hg I K Li Mg Mn N Na O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Copiapite Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Stibnite Tridymite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	16.1	15.3	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	16.1	15.3	11547
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈	16.1	15.3	27
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	16.1	15.3	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	16.1	15.3	91
Chapmanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂Sb³⁺(Si₂O₅)O₃(OH)	16.1	15.3	31
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	16.1	15.3	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	16.1	15.3	382
Corderoite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	16.1	15.3	16
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	16.1	15.3	453
Eglestonite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OCl₃(OH)	16.1	15.3	36
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	16.1	15.3	107
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	16.1	15.3	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	16.1	15.3	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	16.1	15.3	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	16.1	15.3	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	16.1	15.3	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	16.1	15.3	5591
Kenhsuite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	16.1	15.3	3
Kleinite ()*	None	(Hg₂N)(Cl,SO₄)·nH₂O	16.1	15.3	3
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	16.1	15.3	210
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	16.1	15.3	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	16.1	15.3	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	16.1	15.3	397
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	16.1	15.3	1508
Montroydite ()*	None	HgO	16.1	15.3	29
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	16.1	15.3	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16.1	15.3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16.1	15.3	61156
Radtkeite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂ClI	16.1	15.3	1
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	16.1	15.3	712
Schuetteite ()*	None	Hg₃O₂(SO₄)	0	0	21
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	16.1	15.3	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	16.1	15.3	3418
Terlinguacreekite ()*	None	Hg²⁺₃O₂Cl₂	16.1	15.3	2
Terlinguaite ()*	None	Hg₂OCl	16.1	15.3	22
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	16.1	15.3	458
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	16.1	15.3	66

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-00041	16.1	15.3		K-Ar								Calomel, Cinnabar, Corderoite, Kenhsuite, Kleinite, Mercury, Montroydite, Radtkeite, Terlinguaite, Eglestonite, Terlinguacreekite	Hg	4206	McDermitt Mine, Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA		Noble et al. (1988)	10.2113/gsecongeo.83.4.859	EG83_859

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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