Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bald Mountain District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 143.1

mindat Locality ID: 37212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bald Mountain District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Bald Mountain Mine
Bald Mountain Mine (Top Pit)
Bald Mountain Stock
Carbonate Group
Casino Prospect
Copper Basin Mine
Crown Point Mine
Dees Antimony Mine
Dees Tungsten Mine (TGM Mine)
Duke Prospect
Dynasty Mine
Galaxy Prospect
Gator Prospect
Gold King Mine
Horseshoe Prospect
Luxe Mine
Oddie Tunnel
Pacer Prospect
Pat Prospect
Pioneer Mine
Royale Mine
Saga Prospect
South Selox Prospect
Unnamed Location
Vantage Gold Deposit
Water Canyon Placers
West Selox Prospect
Winrock Mine
Yankee Prospect

Latitude: 39°54'53"N
Longitude: 115°32'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.914722222222,-115.53416666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 Be Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	241323	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	241323	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	241300,241304	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	241322,241323	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	174.9	143.1	0		4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	241312	1966
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr			1	241305	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	241304,241315,241323	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	174.9	143.1	0		4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	241300	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	241300	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	241300	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	241305	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	174.9	143.1	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	174.9	143.1	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	241300	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	174.9	143.1	0		2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	174.9	143.1	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	241323	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	174.9	143.1	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	241300	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	241323	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	241300,241323,241324	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	241323	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	241323	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	241323	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	241323	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	174.9	143.1	1	241306	230
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	241300,241304	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	241299	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			4	241301,241307,241312,241315	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	241323	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	241300	128
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	241323	511
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	241301	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	241312,241315,241323	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	174.9	143.1	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	241300,241301,241304,241312,241315,241323	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	241323	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	241307,241324	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	241300	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	241299	668
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	241323	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	174.9	143.1	6	241300,241305,241306,241307,241312,241323	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	241305	5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	174.9	143.1	0		1247

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-116968	174.9	143.1	159±15.9					116968						58993	Dees Antimony Mine, Bald Mountain District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-117927	174.9	143.1	159±15.9					117927						58992	Pioneer Mine, Bald Mountain District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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