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Locality Name:
Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin Group, Railroad District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.3

mindat Locality ID: 58545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin Group, Railroad District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Blue Sky Claim (Sky Blue)
Bullion Claim
Burke Claim
Davis Tunnel
Delmas Mine (Sweepstakes Mine; Delmas SW Mine; Como Mine)
Grey Eagle Mine (Lee Mine; Helen M. Claims; Lucky May Mine)
Mahogany Claim
Mendota Mine
Red Bird Mine (Eagle Mine)
Storm King Claim
Tripoli Mine
Webfoot Claim

Latitude: 40°31'1"N
Longitude: 116°'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.516944444444,-116.00861111111

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: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperEpidote
MalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
Wollastonite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Lead  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12363822734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12363829052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212363875509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS440.733.32236381,2363825516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4236377,236378,236386,23638727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12363874979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S40.733.312363815707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240.733.34236381,236382,236386,23638727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12363873531
Copper  (*)CopperCu40.733.33236381,236386,2363873846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O640.733.32236381,2363864135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40.733.32236381,23638724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu40.733.3123638130554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12363871689
Lead  (*)CopperPb1236387192
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123638712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240.733.34236380,236381,236382,23638739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12363871725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S840.733.312363819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO240.733.34236377,236378,236381,23638661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3236380,236382,2363874894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS40.733.32236381,23638721482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO40.733.32236381,2363871101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)240.733.32236381,2363872562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312363801247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)40.733.312363811025



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-11734740.733.337±3.7   117347    41511Delmas Mine (Sweepstakes Mine; Delmas SW Mine; Como Mine), Nevada Bunker Hill Mines, Alladin Group, Railroad District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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