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Locality Name:
Yucca Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 12.71
Youngest recorded age at locality: 11.8

mindat Locality ID: 61941
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61941.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yucca Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Calico Hills

Latitude: 36°56'29"N
Longitude: 116°27'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.941388888889,-116.45472222222

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chevkinite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Cristobalite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Mordenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stilbite	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Aurorite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Celsian ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Opal ()*	Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Tridymite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O S Si Sn Sr Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Baryte Brucite Calcite Chevkinite Clay Coronadite Corundum Cristobalite
Feldspar Fluorite Mordenite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stilbite Tridymite

31 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	12.71	11.8	0		1627
Aurorite ()*	None	Mn²⁺Mn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	12.71	11.8	0		22
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	12.71	11.8	0		11547
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	12.71	11.8	1	240412	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	12.71	11.8	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	12.71	11.8	0		5171
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	12.71	11.8	0		100
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	12.71	11.8	0		453
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	12.71	11.8	0		599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	12.71	11.8	0		9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	12.71	11.8	0		9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	12.71	11.8	0		445
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	12.71	11.8	0		14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	12.71	11.8	0		243
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	12.71	11.8	1	240412	341
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	12.71	11.8	0		234
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	12.71	11.8	0		210
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	12.71	11.8	1	240412	1487
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	12.71	11.8	0		1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	12.71	11.8	0		405
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	12.71	11.8	0		2994
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	12.71	11.8	0		46
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12.71	11.8	0		39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	12.71	11.8	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12.71	11.8	0		61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	12.71	11.8	0		177
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	12.71	11.8	0		241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	12.71	11.8	0		21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	12.71	11.8	0		189
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	12.71	11.8	0		433
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	12.71	11.8	0		458

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-85132	12.7	12.71	12.705±-0.005	85132	61941	Yucca Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-85140	11.7	11.8	11.75±-0.05	85140	61941	Yucca Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-85141	12.71	12.72	12.715±-0.005	85141	61941	Yucca Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-86442	12.71	12.72	12.715±-0.005	86442	61941	Yucca Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-86443	12.71	12.72	12.715±-0.005	86443	61941	Yucca Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-86444	12.7	12.71	12.705±-0.005	86444	61941	Yucca Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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