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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90.4

mindat Locality ID: 59445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lead Belt, White Pine District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Dog Star Claim
Grand Prize Mine
Great Valley Mine
Jennie A. Mine
McEllin Mine (Mary Ellen Mine?)
NePlus Ultra Mine
Nevada Mine (Nevada-Belmont Mine)
Onetha Mine
Rocco-Homestake Mine
Seligman Mine
Tonopah-Belmont Mine
Ward Exploration Mine

Latitude: 39°16'8"N
Longitude: 115°32'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.268888888889,-115.53972222222

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)90.490.402734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)90.490.4011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)90.490.4027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)90.490.412417284979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O90.490.403531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O90.490.402970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS90.490.4124172824243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O90.490.401689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)690.490.402228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)290.490.4012537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO290.490.4061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)90.490.402473



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-0050490.490.490.4     Yes  37258White Pine District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USAWhite PineSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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