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Locality Name:
Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 39.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.5

mindat Locality ID: 59434
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59434.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°4'36"N
Longitude: 114°52'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.076666666667,-114.87611111111

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*
Hessite ()*	Malachite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*

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 C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	39.6	31.5	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	39.6	31.5	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	39.6	31.5	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	39.6	31.5	919
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	39.6	31.5	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	39.6	31.5	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	39.6	31.5	1382
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	39.6	31.5	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	39.6	31.5	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	39.6	31.5	24243
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	39.6	31.5	804
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	39.6	31.5	12537
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	39.6	31.5	300
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39.6	31.5	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	39.6	31.5	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	39.6	31.5	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	39.6	31.5	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	39.6	31.5	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	39.6	31.5	586

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-117403	39.6	32.4	36±3.6	117403	59434	Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117404	39.6	32.4	36±3.6	117404	59434	Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117405	39.6	32.4	36±3.6	117405	59434	Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118256	38.5	31.5	35±3.5	118256	59434	Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118369	38.5	31.5	35±3.5	118369	59434	Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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