Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Standing Elk Claim, Alladin Group, Railroad District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 54720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Standing Elk Claim, Alladin Group, Railroad District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°30'56"N
Longitude: 116°'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.515555555556,-116.01027777778

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryllonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryllonite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Duftite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Aragonite Baryte Beryllonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite
Kaolinite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)	47
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	220
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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