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Locality Name:
Sylvania District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sylvania District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Bilk Mine
C And C Mine
Deuces Mine
Four Aces Mine
Gates Mine
Green Top Mine
Leadville Canyon Placers
Oasis Mine
Old Sylvania Mine (Stateline Mine)
Palmetto Wash Placers
Reed Mine
Roseamalis Mine
Sierra Mine
Sylvania Mine
Two Deules Mine (Crystal Butte; Deuces; Anything)
Unnamed Pegmatite
Unnamed Prospect
White Eagle Mine
White King Extension Mine
White King Mine (Sunnyside; Paramount Mine)
White Top Mine

Latitude: 37°25'18"N
Longitude: 117°43'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.421666666667,-117.72472222222
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 Au Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C Ca F O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteBerylBismutiteCalciteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTalc

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12368902793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31236893315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12368902734
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812368924286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31236893214
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6236878,236881,236884,236894,236895,23689727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12368904979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12368901382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12368853531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12368808173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3236877,236880,23689024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2236883,23688630554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12368901689
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1236891469
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412368975591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23236880,236885,2368905800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3236878,236895,2368971508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23236881,236895,23689717380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1236880494
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312368901425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23236880,236890,23689139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26236878,236881,236890,236894,236895,23689761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4236880,236882,236890,2368914894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12368902473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2236880,23689021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212236878,236879,236880,236881,236882,236884,236887,236888,236891,236894,236895,2368973337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212368812562
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42236885,2368901655


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