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Locality Name:
56 Copper Mine, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 113.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 81.9

mindat Locality ID: 58276
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58276.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "56 Copper Mine, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°41'37"N
Longitude: 118°15'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.693611111111,-118.25222222222

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.

Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite

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: C Cu Fe H Mo O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H Mo O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Malachite Molybdenite None Pyrite

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	113.3	81.9	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	113.3	81.9	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	113.3	81.9	39462

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-116953	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	116953	58276	56 Copper Mine, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117325	113.3	92.7	103±10.3	117325	58276	56 Copper Mine, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117640	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	117640	58276	56 Copper Mine, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9745	113.3	92.7	103±10.3	9745	58276	56 Copper Mine, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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