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


mindat Locality ID: 37235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nevada District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Betty Jo Claim
Caesar Mine
Carrie Ann Pit
Champion Mine
Manganese Group
Steptoe Group
Vietta Mine

Latitude: 39°13'22"N
Longitude: 114°46'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.222777777778,-114.77305555556
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mn O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBrackebuschiteBrauniteBruciteCalciteCorundumFluoriteNone
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heyite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Pyrochroite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Shattuckite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1241489483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3241484,241486,24148727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2241482,2414884979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12414823531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23241486,241487,2414889617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4241484,241486,241487,24148824243
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124148414640
Heyite  (*)BrackebuschitePb5Fe2+2O4(VO4)2124148210
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12414821107
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)2056
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23241486,241487,2414883106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2241482,2414881725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22241486,24148761156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2124148271
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412414821655


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