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Locality Name:
Buena Vista District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 248
Youngest recorded age at locality: 206

mindat Locality ID: 37144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buena Vista District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Arizona Mine
Black Warrior Mine
Buena Vista Canyon Placers
Congress Canyon Placers
Indian Canyon Placers
Inskip Mine (Pioneer Mine; North Star Mine)
Marigold Mine
McCrillis Prospect
Mercury Mine
Millionaire Mine
Pflenger Mine
Pfluger Mine (Manoa Mine)
Wheeler Mine

Latitude: 40°26'17"N
Longitude: 118°8'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.438055555556,-118.14277777778
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 Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite
TalcTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12404962793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24820609052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224820605509
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112482061240502843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS324820612405021089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124050427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12404964979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12404965707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2248206027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12404961382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12405042600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12404964165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2240503,24050624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2482064240498,240499,240500,24050230554
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21240497230
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2248206012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2248206017380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312404961425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22240496,24049739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22482063240496,240497,24050261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12404964894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12404965186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124049721482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1240497446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32240497,2405033418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212405043337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312404975317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412405081655


1 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-116907248206227±21   116907    58097Marigold Mine, Buena Vista District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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