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


mindat Locality ID: 37180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trinity District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Esther Mine (Black Rock Mine)
Evening Star-Mazuma Mine
Morning Star Mine
Pearl Hill Mine
Steiner Mine
Unnamed Perlite Prospect (1)
Unnamed Perlite Prospect (2)
Unnamed Perlite Prospect (3)
Unnamed Placer Deposit
Unnamed Silver Prospect

Latitude: 40°16'56"N
Longitude: 118°32'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.282222222222,-118.545
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Sb Si W 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzScheelite
Stibnite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Malachite  (*)Powellite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212409255509
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124092527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12409258173
Gold  (*)CopperAu124093330554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61240925741
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124092512537
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1240925494
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124092561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12409254894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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