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Locality Name:
Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 81.9

mindat Locality ID: 58280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Humbolt-Springer Mine
North Sutton Mine
Orphan Workings
South Sutton Mine (Sutton No. 1 Mine)
Stank Mine
Uncle Sam Workings

Latitude: 40°46'41"N
Longitude: 118°8'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.778055555556,-118.13333333333

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Stibnite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Epidote ()*	Grossular ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Stibnite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

19 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	100.1	81.9	0		3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	100.1	81.9	1	240682	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100.1	81.9	1	240678	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100.1	81.9	0		27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	100.1	81.9	0		1008
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100.1	81.9	0		8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	100.1	81.9	0		1544
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	100.1	81.9	0		784
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100.1	81.9	2	240678,240682	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100.1	81.9	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100.1	81.9	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100.1	81.9	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	100.1	81.9	0		5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	100.1	81.9	4	240678,240681,240682,240683	4894
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	100.1	81.9	0		3418
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	100.1	81.9	0		2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	100.1	81.9	0		1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	100.1	81.9	0		1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	100.1	81.9	0		5251

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-118659	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118659	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118660	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118660	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118661	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118661	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118662	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118662	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118663	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118663	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118664	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118664	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118665	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118665	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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