Elko, Elko County, Nevada, United States

Alternative Names:	Ballous Addition, Contae Elko, EKO, Ehlko, Elko, ai er ke, alkw, aylkw nwada, Елко, Элко, إلكو, ایلکو، نوادا, ایلکو، نیواڈا, 埃尔科
Type:	Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat Locality:	Elko, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Mindat.org Region:	Elko, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Region:	Elko County, Nevada, United States
Latitude:	40° 49' 56" N
Longitude:	115° 45' 47" W
Lat/Long (dec):	40.83242,-115.76312
Köppen climate type:	BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Elevation:	1,544m
Population:	20,279 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	5703670
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5703670:8
GUID:	0

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Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Basalt Quarry (MRDS10149799), Elko Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 50' 12" N	115° 46' 45" W	1.4km (0.9 miles)
Hot Hole, Elko Hot Springs, Elko Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 49' 6" N	115° 46' 38" W	2.0km (1.2 miles)
Elko Hot Springs, Elko Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 48' 44" N	115° 46' 43" W	2.6km (1.6 miles)
North Fifth Street Dam, Elko Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 51' 15" N	115° 47' 9" W	3.1km (1.9 miles)
Four Mile Canyon, Elko Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 51' 30" N	115° 47' 33" W	3.8km (2.4 miles)
Conglomerate Quarry, Elko Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 47' 22" N	115° 45' 57" W	4.8km (3.0 miles)
Ogilvie Prospect, Elko Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 54' 21" N	115° 46' 2" W	8.2km (5.1 miles)
U.S.A. Mine, Elko Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 56' 7" N	115° 48' 14" W	12.0km (7.4 miles)
Pardo Quarry, Elko Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 55' 8" N	115° 40' 18" W	12.3km (7.7 miles)
Swales Mountain, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 53' 33" N	116° 0' 57" W	22.3km (13.9 miles)
Prospect No. 3, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 56' 10" N	116° 1' 47" W	25.2km (15.7 miles)
Prospect No. 1, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 56' 33" N	116° 2' 0" W	25.8km (16.0 miles)
Prospect No. 2, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 56' 20" N	116° 2' 11" W	25.9km (16.1 miles)
Prospect No. 4, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 55' 27" N	116° 2' 45" W	25.9km (16.1 miles)
Edgar turquoise mine, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 54' 57" N	116° 3' 14" W	26.2km (16.3 miles)
White Hill No. 1, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 36' 45" N	115° 39' 4" W	26.2km (16.3 miles)
Unnamed Diatomite mine (MRDS10125048), Carlin Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA	40° 44' 31" N	116° 3' 14" W	26.5km (16.4 miles)
Tri-O-Lite mine, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 45' 5" N	116° 3' 37" W	26.6km (16.5 miles)
Bad Apple claims, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 56' 40" N	116° 2' 57" W	27.1km (16.8 miles)
Marble (MRDS10197837), Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 43' 54" N	115° 27' 38" W	27.8km (17.3 miles)
Huntington Creek uranium prospect, Huntington Creek Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 34' 14" N	115° 42' 28" W	29.5km (18.3 miles)
Mineral Soap Mine (Elko Soap Mine; Huntingtonn Creek clay Mine; Emigrant Soap Mine), Huntington Creek Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 34' 1" N	115° 42' 59" W	29.8km (18.5 miles)
Emigrant Springs mine, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 36' 50" N	115° 58' 12" W	29.9km (18.6 miles)
Leeville Corridor, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 43' 59" N	116° 6' 3" W	30.5km (19.0 miles)
Emigrant Springs prospects (Landy group), Delano Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 37' 0" N	115° 59' 43" W	30.9km (19.2 miles)
Fox Creek Ranch, Merrimac Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	41° 5' 50" N	115° 52' 42" W	31.0km (19.3 miles)
Wagner, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 43' 5" N	116° 5' 59" W	31.1km (19.3 miles)
Odis Graves, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 43' 5" N	116° 5' 59" W	31.1km (19.3 miles)
Big Three (Chaliebois; Big Four), Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 57' 6" N	116° 6' 7" W	31.4km (19.5 miles)
Fish Creek mine (Big Three mine; Roan claims; Chaliebois; Big Four), Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	40° 57' 9" N	116° 6' 18" W	31.7km (19.7 miles)

Minerals recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ Calcite

Rock types recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ Basalt

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America	Continent
North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Antler Foreland Basin, North America Plate	Basin
Basin and Range Basins, North America Plate	Basin
Copper–Bull Run–Elko–Indian Wells Basin, North America Plate	Basin
Mojave Domain, North America Plate	Domain
Northern Basin and Range, North America Plate	Wide Rift
USA	Country
Nevada, USA	State
Elko County, Nevada, USA	County
Elko Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA	Mining District
Elko, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA	City

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