Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Goldbanks District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goldbanks District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Amonett-Frank Mine
Antimony Ike Mine
Goldbanks Merger Mine
Goldbanks Mine
Jackpot Prospect
Old Timer Prospect
Pronto Plata Mine
Unnamed Placer

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

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Copper	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Stibnite	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: Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Copper None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Stibnite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*	Mercury ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schuetteite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			0		5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	240559,240560	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			4	240558,240559,240560,240561	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	240562	30554
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	240558	397
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	240556	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	240556,240557	61156
Schuetteite ()*	None	Hg₃O₂(SO₄)	0	0	1	240558	21
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	240556	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	240556	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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