Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Leadville District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leadville District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Panther Mine
Grass Valley Creek
Leadville Canyon
Leadville Mine

Latitude: 41°4'46"N
Longitude: 119°25'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.079444444444,-119.42944444444

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe K Mg N Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	241136	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	241135	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	241135	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	241136	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	241133,241136	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	241136	24243
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	241134	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	241134	91
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	241136	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	241135	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	241136	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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