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


mindat Locality ID: 37175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Star District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Arizona Mine
Bloody Canyon Mine
Champion Mine (Silver Star Mine)
De Soto Mine
J. C. Stageman Mine
Moonlight Claim
Pflum Mine
Queen Of Sheba Mine (Sheba Mine)
Santa Clara Mine
Silver Creek Mine
Silver Reef Mine
Star Peak
Tehama Mine
Unnamed Placers

Latitude: 40°32'34"N
Longitude: 118°9'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.542777777778,-118.15166666667
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 Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperMelanteriteMeneghiniteNoneOwyheeitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS312408861089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23240882,240883,24088827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3240881,240882,2408851382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2240882,2408833531
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121240885663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124088824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124089130554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142240881,240888784
Massicot  (*)NonePbO2240885,240887202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1240884915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S241240885158
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS21240885300
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S283240878,240881,24088589
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32240881,2408851425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124088839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25240879,240881,240884,240885,24088961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2240885,24088821482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41240885586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S35240879,240881,240884,240885,2408883418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133240885,240888,2408905317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31240879369


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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