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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.3

mindat Locality ID: 60168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60168.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 40°37'16"N
Longitude: 117°3'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.621111111111,-117.05472222222
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: C Cu H O 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group

4 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)214433.305509
Copper  (*)CopperCu14433.303846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O14433.302970
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214433.3012537


34 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-11701940.733.337±3.7   117019    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11702040.733.337±3.7   117020    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11702140.733.337±3.7   117021    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11702340.733.337±3.7   117023    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11702440.733.337±3.7   117024    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11702996.879.288±8.8   117029    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11703096.879.288±8.8   117030    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11703196.879.288±8.8   117031    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-117034403537+3/-2   117034    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11704296.879.288±8.8   117042    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11704396.879.288±8.8   117043    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11704496.879.288±8.8   117044    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11704996.879.288±8.8   117049    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11705096.879.288±8.8   117050    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11705114465104+40/-39   117051    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11705214465104+40/-39   117052    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11737742.935.139±3.9   117377    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-11846342.935.139±3.9   118463    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3024440.733.337±3.7   30244    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3024540.733.337±3.7   30245    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3024640.733.337±3.7   30246    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3024840.733.337±3.7   30248    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3024940.733.337±3.7   30249    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3025496.879.288±8.8   30254    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3025596.879.288±8.8   30255    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3025696.879.288±8.8   30256    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-30259403537+3/-2   30259    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3026796.879.288±8.8   30267    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3026896.879.288±8.8   30268    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3026996.879.288±8.8   30269    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3027496.879.288±8.8   30274    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3027596.879.288±8.8   30275    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3027614283112+30/-29   30276    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3027714283112+30/-29   30277    60168Copper Queen Mine, Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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