Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rosetta Mine, Red Mountain District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 58846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosetta Mine, Red Mountain District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°21'58"N
Longitude: 119°27'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.366111111111,-119.45083333333

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.

Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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 C Ca Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	144	65	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	144	65	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	144	65	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	144	65	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	144	65	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	144	65	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	144	65	61156

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
	NAVDAT-127283	144	65	104+40/-39					127283						58846	Rosetta Mine, Red Mountain District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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