Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra District, East Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra District, East Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Auburn Canyon Placers
Auburn Mine
Auld Lang Syne Mine (Lang Syne Mine)
Barber Canyon Placers
Dun Glen
Dun Glen Canyon Placers
Four Sisters Mine
Gem Mine
Little Jupiter Mine
Monroe Mine (White Bear Mine; Mayflower Mine; Black Hole-Monroe Mine)
Rock Hill Canyon Placers
Straub Mine
Tallulah Mine

Latitude: 40°44'19"N
Longitude: 117°53'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.738611111111,-117.88583333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Copper	Coronadite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

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 Cl Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cl Cu Fe H Ni O S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Copper Coronadite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Akaganeite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	0		63
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	240522	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	240522	9052
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	240521,240522,240531	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	240520,240521,240522,240523,240527,240531,240532	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	240521,240522,240525,240531,240533	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	240521,240522,240531	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	240521,240522,240531	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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