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Locality Name:
Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.08
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.52

mindat Locality ID: 61812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Argentum Mining Co. Mine (Northern Belle Mine; Holmes Mine)
Bi-Metallic Mine (Swastika Mine)
Blue Gem No. 1 Mine (Basalt Mine)
Blue Jay Gem Mine
C & M No. 1 Claim
Candelaria Silver Mine
Columbus Mine
Dees Prospect
Georgine Mine
Giroux Barite Mine (Little Summit Mine)
Hecla Mine (Hecla-Climax Mine)
Johnson's Open Pit Mine
Lucky Hill Mine
Lucky Strike Mine
Mount Diablo Mine
New Potosi Mine (Potosi Mine; Peterson Mine)
Noquez Mine
Petrol Claims (Candelaria Exploration Co.)
Protection Mine
Red Bank Claim
Secretary Mine
Silver King Mine
Silver Surprise Mine
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Unnamed Prospect (3)
Unnamed Prospect (4)

Latitude: 38°8'35"N
Longitude: 118°8'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.143055555556,-118.13388888889

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte
Bismutite	Bixbyite	Bournonite	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Carminite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Coronadite	Covellite	Diaspore	Fairfieldite	Jahnsite	Laueite	Linarite	Madocite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Overite	Pharmacosiderite	Phosphosiderite	Post-spinel	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Vivianite
Wavellite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Cu H Mn O Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte
Bismutite Bixbyite Bournonite Calcioferrite Calcite Carminite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Coronadite Covellite Diaspore Fairfieldite Jahnsite Laueite Linarite Madocite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Overite Pharmacosiderite Phosphosiderite Post-spinel Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Turquoise Vivianite
Wavellite Wurtzite

80 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bixbyite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chapmanite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Collinsite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorwavellite ()*
Galena ()*	Gordonite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Groutite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hetaerolite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marokite ()*	Matulaite ()*	Metavariscite ()*
Montgomeryite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Overite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Samsonite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sorbyite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stetefeldtite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Whiteite-(CaMgMg) ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	239045,239046	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3.08	2.52	3	239040,239045,239057	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			3	239045,239046,239053	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	239046,239050	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3.08	2.52	5	239040,239045,239050,239052,239057	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3.08	2.52	1	239057	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	239046	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	239051,239058	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	3.08	2.52	1	239057	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	3.08	2.52	2	239040,239057	450
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	3.08	2.52	0		214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	239052	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	239052	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	239052	716
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃			1	239045	104
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	239045	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	239045	1089
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			1	239047	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3.08	2.52	2	239046,239057	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	3.08	2.52	2	239050,239057	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3.08	2.52	4	239040,239046,239057,239061	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			2	239045,239046	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3.08	2.52	3	239040,239045,239057	27198
Chapmanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂Sb³⁺(Si₂O₅)O₃(OH)			1	239045	31
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3.08	2.52	7	239045,239046,239047,239048,239050,239054,239057	1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	239044,239045	3902
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	239040	38
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			2	239045,239053	363
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	239045	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	239045	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	239040	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	239045	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	239040,239045	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3.08	2.52	2	239047,239057	2740
Fluorwavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₂F·5H₂O			1	239040	26
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3.08	2.52	5	239040,239045,239046,239057,239061	24243
Gordonite ()*	Laueite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	239040	18
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	239046	717
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	239045	72
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	239046	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄			1	239045	73
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	3.08	2.52	3	239040,239045,239057	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3.08	2.52	1	239057	2228
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	239047	234
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	3.08	2.52	0		987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	239046,239050	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	239045	770
Marokite ()*	Post-spinel	CaMn³⁺₂O₄			1	239045	8
Matulaite ()*	None	Fe³⁺Al₇(PO₄)₄(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₈·8H₂O			1	239045	10
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	239040	27
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O			2	239040,239047	44
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	239046	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			3	239045,239046,239053	492
Overite ()*	Overite	CaMgAl(PO₄)₂(OH)·4H₂O			2	239040,239047	5
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	239045	767
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			2	239046,239050	428
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3.08	2.52	1	239057	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3.08	2.52	6	239040,239045,239046,239047,239050,239057	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	239045	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3.08	2.52	4	239040,239046,239047,239057	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	239047	1711
Samsonite ()*	None	Ag₄MnSb₂S₆	3.08	2.52	0		7
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	3.08	2.52	1	239057	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	239046	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	239040,239045,239048	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	239040,239046	2473
Sorbyite ()*	Madocite	Pb₉Cu(Sb,As)₁₁S₂₆			2	239040,239055	5
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3.08	2.52	4	239040,239045,239046,239057	21482
Stetefeldtite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ag₂Sb₂(O,OH)₇	3.08	2.52	0		22
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	239045	446
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	239044,239061,239068	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3.08	2.52	2	239045,239057	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	239046,239068	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			4	239042,239043,239047,239049	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			3	239040,239047,239049	301
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	239068	652
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	239047	374
Whiteite-(CaMgMg) ()*	Jahnsite	CaMg₃Al₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	239040	1
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	239040	104
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	239046	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-18401	3.08	2.52	2.8±0.28					18401						39396	New Potosi Mine (Potosi Mine; Peterson Mine), Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060564	Candelaria Silver Mine, Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R060564

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