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


mindat Locality ID: 36729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nightingale District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Black Warrior Peak Prospects
Crosby Mine
Jay Bird Mine (Garfield Force Mine)
Unnamed Prospect
Uranium Prospects
White Caps Tungsten Mine
Winnemucca Lake
Winnemucca Lake Silica Deposit

Latitude: 40°3'23"N
Longitude: 119°16'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.056388888889,-119.27
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAragoniteAutuniteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidote
GarnetMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePhosphuranylitePyritePyrochlorePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Ammonioalunite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ammonioalunite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Al3(SO4)2(OH)6124115811
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312411551534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12411613250
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12411591272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2241155,24115627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61241154359
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124115627198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52241156,241160344
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612411564135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12411568173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124115424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12411557437
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141241155784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124115512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212411605674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212411575800
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61241161254
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O1241159182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24241154,241155,241156,24115739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812411569056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24241155,241156,241157,24116261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3241155,241156,2411574894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2241154,24116021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1241162446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312411553418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132241154,2411555317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212411562562


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