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Locality Name:
Rye Patch District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rye Patch District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bradley Mine
Chipmunk Mine
La Tosca Mine
Oreana Tungsten Mine (Little Tungsten Mine)
Panther Canyon Group
Rusty Pick Mine
Rye Patch Agnes Mine (Shortino Property)
Rye Patch Group
Rye Patch Placer Deposit
Stalins Present Prospect

Latitude: 40°24'51"N
Longitude: 118°14'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.414166666667,-118.24333333333
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: Al Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O P Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenoliteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetGypsumMicaNonePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTurquoise

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Antimony  (*)Beryl  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Uraninite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12408188803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312408191534
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1240818363
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182240818,2408194286
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2240822,24082727770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41240818352
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612408274135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12408278173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212408189617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124082224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124082630554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312408191544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12408186890
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12408184924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124081817380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212408182273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22240820,24082239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27240815,240818,240819,240820,240821,240822,24082761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4240818,240819,240821,2408224894
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31240818179
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124082221482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1240818446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33240815,240818,2408193418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312408225317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212408272718
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301


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