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


mindat Locality ID: 3923
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3923.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Imlay District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Antelope Canyon Placers
Betty La Verne Mine
Black Canyon Mine
Black Jack Mine (Ruby Mine; Eldorado Mine)
Florida Canyon
Florida Canyon Mine
Imlay Canyon
Imlay Canyon Placers
Imlay Mine
Lakeview Mine
McGee Prospect
Motor Prospect
Piedmont Mine
Standard Mine
Star Mine
Star Peak Mine
Sulfur Mine
Valerie Mine (Valery Mine)

Latitude: 40°33'16"N
Longitude: 118°13'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.554444444444,-118.22
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 Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcanthiteClayCopperDevilline
FluoriteGypsumKaoliniteNoneOrpimentQuartzScheeliteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scheelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12406333250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124063211547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812406234286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61240618413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3240614,240630,24063327770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12406142600
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12406182740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23240623,240626,2406339617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Gold  (*)CopperAu4240611,240612,240621,24062230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12406326890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412406155591
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31240616511
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211240612,240613,240619,240620,240622,240623,240625,240626,240630,240631,24063361156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1240616712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3240612,240623,2406304894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1240620292
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S35240612,240619,240622,240625,2406303418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12406322045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132240612,2406305317


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