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Locality Name:
Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 86
Youngest recorded age at locality: 86

mindat Locality ID: 60164
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60164.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°36'43"N
Longitude: 117°2'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.611944444444,-117.03611111111

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Turquoise

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Epidote Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Turquoise

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	86	86	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	86	86	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	86	86	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	86	86	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	86	86	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	86	86	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	86	86	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	86	86	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	86	86	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	86	86	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	86	86	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	86	86	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	86	86	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	86	86	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	86	86	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	86	86	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	86	86	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	86	86	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	86	86	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	86	86	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	86	86	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	86	86	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	86	86	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	86	86	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	86	86	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	86	86	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	86	86	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	86	86	484

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
	PorphCu-00124	86	86	86									Actinolite, Arsenopyrite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Hematite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tremolite, Turquoise	Cu	60164	Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA	Copper Basin	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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