Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 37205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Armstrong Claims
Bing Claims
Blue Bird Mine
Burrus Mine
Cinch Mine
DeLongchamps Mine
Franco-American Mine (Nevada Dominion Mine; Blondin Mine)
Garrett Prospect
Good Hope Mine
Guanomi Mine
Hopeless Claims
Jones-Kincaid Mine
Jumbo Mine
Lost Pardner Mine
Lowary Mine (Maue-Mcray Mine)
Perry Mine
Red Bluff Mine
Ruth Vein
Section 21 Prospects
Sure Fire Prospect
Sutcliffe
Thunderbird Claims
Unnamed Base Metal Prospects

Latitude: 39°51'6"N
Longitude: 119°31'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.851666666667,-119.53305555556

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Covellite	Cristobalite	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Neyite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Phosphuranylite	Polybasite
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tyrolite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte
Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum
Covellite Cristobalite Cyanotrichite Diaspore Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Hexahydrite Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Meta-autunite Mica Neyite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Phosphuranylite Polybasite
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Topaz Tyrolite Wurtzite

80 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anglesite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinoclase ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Enargite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neyite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*
Parnauite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richelsdorfite ()*	Roquesite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sabugalite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Strashimirite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*
Tyrolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uranospinite ()*	Weeksite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	5	241231,241245,241247,241248,241251	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	241234	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	241234	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	2	241231,241234	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4	241231,241245,241248,241251	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	241231	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	5	241233,241241,241242,241244,241250	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	241231	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1	241231	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	241231,241234,241242,241245,241246,241251	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	241231	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	241231	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	241246,241249	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	241247	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	4	241231,241232,241234,241239	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	241240	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	241231	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	241231	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	241231	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	241231	1756
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	0		127
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	241231	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	241239	3846
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	241231	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	241231	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	241233	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	241231	179
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2	241231,241236	481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	7	241230,241231,241232,241234,241239,241246,241251	910
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	241248	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	241231,241234,241245,241246,241248,241251	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	241231	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	241245,241247	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	241237,241239	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	241233,241242,241244	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	241230	804
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	2	241231,241234	251
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	241233	243
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	241231	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	241231,241244	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	241231	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	241231,241247	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	241243	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	241233,241244	388
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	241233,241244	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	241234,241239	17380
Neyite ()*	Neyite	Ag₂Cu₆Pb₂₅Bi₂₆S₆₈	1	241230	12
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	241231	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	241233,241242,241244	2994
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	1	241231	105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	241231	428
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	3	241233,241242,241244	182
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	241248	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	241230,241231,241232,241234,241239,241240,241245,241246,241247,241248,241251	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	241231	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	241230,241231,241232,241233,241234,241236,241239,241246	61156
Richelsdorfite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₅Sb⁵⁺(AsO₄)₄(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	1	241231	57
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	1	241248	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	241231	5614
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O	3	241233,241242,241244	87
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	241231	1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	241231,241234,241245,241246,241248,241251	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	241230	668
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	1	241231	90
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	241231,241237,241239	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	241230	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	241230,241231,241240	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	241231	245
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	241233,241242	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	241233,241242	890
Uranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O	2	241233,241242	51
Weeksite ()*	None	(K)₂(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₃)·4H₂O	1	241235	42

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060571	Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R060571
R060335	Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R060335

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