Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Section 21 Prospects, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 43301
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43301.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Section 21 Prospects, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wet Prospect

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Enargite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Copper Enargite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	241247	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	241247	5171
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	0		910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	241247	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	241247	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	241247	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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