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Locality Name:
Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 183
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16.8

mindat Locality ID: 8763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°57'29"N
Longitude: 119°13'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.958055555556,-119.23055555556
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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
Wollastonite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)618316.801633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O18316.80925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218316.8027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O18316.803531
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O618316.80944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)18316.808173
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218316.8039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218316.8061156
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO318316.801247


25 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
NAVDAT-544720.616.818.7±1.9  hornblende5447    8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01728_206_238169.1169.1169.1206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01728_207_206172172172207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01728_207_235169.3169.3169.3207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01729_206_238169.6169.6169.6206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01729_207_206179169174±5207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01729_207_235169.9169.9169.9207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01730_206_238169.1169.1169.1206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01730_207_206183161172±11207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01730_207_235169.3169.3169.3207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01731_206_238169.7169.7169.7206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01731_207_206179167173±6207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01731_207_235169.9169.9169.9207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01732_206_238169.5169.5169.5206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01732_207_206176166171±5207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01732_207_235169.6169.6169.6207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01733_206_238169.4169.4169.4206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01733_207_206181163172±9207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01733_207_235169.5169.5169.5207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01734_206_238169.4169.4169.4206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01734_207_206176162169±7207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01734_207_235169.4169.4169.4207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01735_206_238169.5169.5169.5206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01735_207_206169169169207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01735_207_235169.5169.5169.5207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  8763Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 

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