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Locality Name:
Pahranagat District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36908
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36908.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pahranagat District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Chimney Mine
Cocomongo Mine
Crescent Mine
Gentry Prospect
Indiana Mine
Ora Lovell Claim (Illinois Claim; Silver Prince Claim)
Rosario Acurio Mine (Rosey Mine)
Soledad Mine
South Paw Mine (Steward-Bush Mine)
Unnamed Prospect
Yellow Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Sr V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteDelrioiteFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltRutile

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Delrioite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metadelrioite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Stetefeldtite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12386292734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123862827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12386294979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12386281382
Delrioite  (*)DelrioiteSr(VO3)2·4H2O0003
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212386329617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123862824243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123862912537
Metadelrioite  (*)NoneSrCa(VO3)2(OH)20002
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212386313106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23238628,238629,23863161156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Stetefeldtite  (*)PyrochloreAg2Sb2(O,OH)7123862822



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