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Locality Name:
Ely, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 111
Youngest recorded age at locality: 109

mindat Locality ID: 64560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64560.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ely, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Garnet Hill

Latitude: 39°17'59"N
Longitude: 114°56'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.299722222222,-114.93333333333

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: Al C Ca F Fe Hg K Nb O Si Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Hg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteColumbiteCorundumCristobaliteFeldsparGarnetNoneQuartzTopazTridymite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Calcite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Montroydite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Topaz  (*)
Tridymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311110912415482353
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111109124154827770
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61111091241548518
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21111091241548453
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1111091241548551
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311110912415485433
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO111109029
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111109124154861156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1111091241548598
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211110912415481476
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21111091241548458



1 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
PorphCu-00121111109111–109     YesActinolite, Alunite, Andalusite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Goethite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tremolite, Wollastonite, ZunyiteCu59491Ruth Pit, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USAElySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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