Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 29
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29

mindat Locality ID: 37157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37157.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cole Point Nos. 1-32 Claims
Gold Note Group
Granite Mountain Porphyry Deposit
Henrietta Mine
Imperial Group
Imperial Mine
Kennedy Prospect
Sunnyside Group

Latitude: 40°15'59"N
Longitude: 117°45'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.266388888889,-117.75

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Gypsum	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Gypsum Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	29	29	3	240659,240664,240665	9052
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	240661	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	29	29	3	240661,240664,240665	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	29	29	4	240659,240661,240664,240665	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	240659,240663,240665	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	29	29	0		6890
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	29	29	2	240660,240664	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	29	29	5	240659,240661,240662,240664,240665	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	240659,240665	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	240661,240662	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	240661	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	29	29	4	240659,240661,240664,240665	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	29	29	0		3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	29	29	0		2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	29	29	3	240659,240664,240665	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00653	29	29	29									Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	228008	Kennedy Prospect, Kennedy District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	Kennedy	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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