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Locality Name:
Potosi Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1258.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 211

mindat Locality ID: 61587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Potosi Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°57'41"N
Longitude: 115°32'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.961388888889,-115.53638888889
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: Au C Ca Cd Cu H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Cd Cu H O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteCopperGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltSphalerite
Wurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35921102734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63592110919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)359211027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35921104979
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35921102970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS359211024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu359211030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3592110717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35921106890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O35921101689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)635921101066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2359211012537
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)35921102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359211021482


13 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
Hg-00036359318 ?-? Host rock    YesCinnabar, Perroudite, PotariteHg3888Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA Church et al. (2005)10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.04.012ESR73_323 
Kristen002203213.2211212.1±1.1206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002204213.6211.8212.7±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002205214.5212.5213.5±1206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002206216.2214.4215.3±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002207216.5214.7215.6±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002208218.8215.8217.3±1.5206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002209220.3218.3219.3±1206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002210221.1217.7219.4±1.7206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002211224.1222.5223.3±0.8206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002212225.6222.8224.2±1.4206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002213229.9228.1229±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen0022141258.41243.21250.8±7.6206Pb/238U lowzircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 

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