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Locality Name:
Currant District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Currant District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ala-Mar Deposit (Currant Creek Deposit; Manzoni Deposit)
Broom Canyon
Chester Prospect
El Padre Mine
Gold Point Mine
Rex-Pine Deposit
Rigsby Prospect
Silver Springs Prospects
Snowball Prospect
Stone Cabin Zeolite
Thor Prospect
White Knolls Prospect
Windous Deposit

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

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 As Au C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si W 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteCalciteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteVesuvianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Huntite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stevensite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12413959052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3241392,241395,24139927770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612413924135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212413929617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124139224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124139530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124139514640
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)42241390,24139969
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)7241390,241393,241396,241397,241399,241402,2414031487
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22241392,24139839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22241392,24139561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12413984894
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2057
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012413921395



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