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Locality Name:
Pine Nut Mts, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 189.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 149.4

mindat Locality ID: 62122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pine Nut Mts, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Delaware District
Gardnerville District
Mount Siegel District
Mountain House District
Red Canyon District

Latitude: 38°52'56"N
Longitude: 119°32'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.882222222222,-119.54888888889
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteLazuliteMalachiteMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteWollastonite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S189.2149.412355642793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6189.2149.41235583966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)189.2149.412355802734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)189.2149.412355623250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs189.2149.40379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS189.2149.42235574,2355809052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4189.2149.412355855516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)189.2149.47235550,235554,235557,235558,235559,235562,23558527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)189.2149.42235580,2355814979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S189.2149.412355595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2189.2149.45235559,235581,235582,235585,23558927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O189.2149.412355593531
Copper  (*)CopperCu189.2149.412355593846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O189.2149.42235559,2355852970
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)189.2149.41235583481
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)189.2149.42235578,2355858173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS189.2149.45235579,235580,235581,235582,23558924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu189.2149.44235564,235568,235570,23558130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3189.2149.43235557,235558,23558114640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)189.2149.41235557469
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14189.2149.41235580784
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2189.2149.41235546232
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2189.2149.43235559,235562,23558512537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O189.2149.41235543388
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2189.2149.43235547,235556,2355575800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2189.2149.4123555617380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)189.2149.42235547,235557494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2189.2149.411235544,235549,235556,235557,235558,235559,235579,235581,235582,235585,23558939462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2189.2149.41235583771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8189.2149.412355859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2189.2149.416235544,235549,235551,235553,235556,235557,235559,235560,235562,235564,235569,235574,235581,235582,235585,23558861156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O189.2149.41235566301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)189.2149.410235545,235547,235550,235552,235554,235557,235563,235565,235571,2355794894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O189.2149.412355741153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS189.2149.4123557621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4189.2149.412355871934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4189.2149.41235564586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3189.2149.44235549,235580,235582,2355893418
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3189.2149.412355501247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)189.2149.412355781025


4 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-127298189.2154.8172±17.2   127298    62122Pine Nut Mts, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-127299182.6149.4166±16.6   127299    62122Pine Nut Mts, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-127318189.2154.8172±17.2   127318    62122Pine Nut Mts, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-127326189.2154.8172±17.2   127326    62122Pine Nut Mts, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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