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Locality Name:
Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.5

mindat Locality ID: 63715
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63715.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Santa Fe District

Latitude: 38°29'13"N
Longitude: 118°9'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.486944444444,-118.15861111111

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Brucite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Adamite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Brucite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Garnet Gypsum
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite

49 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
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	239156	254
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			2	239145,239171	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145.5	65.5	1	239145	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	8	239147,239152,239157,239180,239185,239188,239191,239194	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	239174	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	239145,239187	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	239172	1633
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	239145	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	239151,239156,239164,239168,239183	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	239178	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	239180	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145.5	65.5	6	239145,239150,239154,239180,239187,239188	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			8	239145,239147,239152,239157,239172,239180,239186,239191	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	145.5	65.5	4	239156,239174,239181,239189	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	239154	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145.5	65.5	7	239152,239154,239157,239180,239185,239189,239191	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	145.5	65.5	0		481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			3	239171,239185,239187	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	239145,239151,239168,239187	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	239146,239173,239178	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	239170	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	145.5	65.5	1	239145	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	239174	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	239161,239162	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			3	239145,239185,239186	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	239186	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	239174	2228
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	1	239145	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	239161,239162	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	12	239147,239152,239154,239155,239157,239172,239180,239185,239186,239188,239191,239194	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	239187	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	239156	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	239186	494
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	239156	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145.5	65.5	9	239145,239146,239147,239154,239170,239174,239183,239187,239188	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	239156	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	239145,239159,239164,239165,239166,239168,239170,239174,239183	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	239187	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			9	239147,239153,239154,239159,239166,239179,239193,239194,239195	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	239146,239187	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	239174	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			5	239158,239174,239176,239183,239187	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2	239174,239190	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	239178	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	239187	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	239145	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			2	239145,239187	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	239171	1025

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
	PorphCu-00645	145.5	65.5	Cretaceous?									Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	227976	SFS Cu Deposit (Longshot Ridge; Luning), Volcano Peak, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA	SFS	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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