Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Churchill District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 61022
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61022.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Churchill District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
B. H. And V. Mine
Old Soldier Mine (Lost Soldier Mine)
Ruth Mine
Section 15 Tungsten Mine
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)

Latitude: 39°20'7"N
Longitude: 119°16'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.335277777778,-119.27611111111

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Descloizite	Linarite	Malachite
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Descloizite Linarite Malachite
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	238798	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	238798	544
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	238798	1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			1	238798	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	238798	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	238798	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	238798	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	238798	378
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	238798	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	238798	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	238798	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	238798	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	238798	5800
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			1	238798	158
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	238798	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	238798	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	144	65	4	238797,238799,238801,238802	4894
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	238798	1655

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-127254	144	65	104+40/-39					127254						65022	Ruth Mine, Churchill District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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