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Locality Name:
Storey Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 206
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.1

mindat Locality ID: 23984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Storey Co., Nevada, USA": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Castle Peak District
Chalk Hills District
Clark District
Comstock District
Ramsey District
Red Mountain District

Latitude: 39°26'0"N
Longitude: 119°30'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.433333333333,-119.50472222222
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteArsenicArsenolite
ArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparGarnet
GypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteJalpaiteKaoliniteMalachiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteThomsoniteUytenbogaardtiteVivianite
Wollastonite

96 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurorite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)
Jalpaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kolymite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pentahydrite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scolecite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Sternbergite  (*)Stibarsen  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wairakite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S14.113.119240981,240983,240984,240987,240997,240998,240999,241013,241020,241021,241022,241024,241025,241026,241027,241028,241029,241030,2410312793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)214.113.112409813419
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS14.113.12240981,24102087
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)14.113.112409818803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O14.113.11240981470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)613.713.74240981,240993,241011,241037966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O14.113.11240981272
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO214.113.112409812162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)13.713.72240981,2409832734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212409743092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41240978708
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs14.113.11241029379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O314.113.11241029231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS14.113.112409819052
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O14.113.1124103022
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124097411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS413.713.72240989,2410395516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14.113.112240974,240981,240983,240989,240995,240998,241009,241011,241015,241024,241034,24103627770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl124097491
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)213.713.73240980,240995,241009309
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O14.113.11240981925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S14.113.13240981,241022,2410275707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214.113.113240981,240983,240984,240989,241009,241020,241022,241027,241029,241030,241031,241036,24103927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl14.113.13240981,240996,2410241382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3240974,240975,2409762600
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O14.113.11240981382
Copper  (*)CopperCu14.113.112409813846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1813.713.712410181008
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S514.113.11241020344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS14.113.15240981,240983,240989,241020,2410274165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO214.113.11240981453
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)14.113.12240981,241037481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414.113.11240981651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S13.713.712409891027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612410354135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22240974,2410369895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)14.113.11241020180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)14.113.112409818173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O14.113.11240981484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14.113.113240981,240983,240984,240989,240995,240998,241020,241022,241025,241027,241029,241030,24103124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)13.713.73240995,240998,2410097437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13.713.726240981,240983,240984,240987,240989,240995,240998,240999,241009,241012,241013,241017,241020,241021,241022,241024,241025,241026,241027,241028,241029,241031,241032,241033,241036,24103730554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O14.113.11240981188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312410351544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O14.113.14240974,240975,240981,2410366890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O14.113.11240981409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313.713.7124101214640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O13.713.71240987251
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O314.113.112409815433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)13.713.71241009123
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS214.113.12241031,241033116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)613.713.73240975,240998,2410362228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414.113.13240981,240998,2410205591
Kolymite  (*)NoneCu7Hg614.113.12241025,2410267
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)13.713.72240978,2410141487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420613.12240981,24104014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213.713.73240980,240981,24101312537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O14.113.12240973,240981915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1240974397
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS214.113.12241017,241029300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS214.113.14240989,241009,241018,2410255800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O13.713.72240981,2410091508
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg314.113.12241025,24102624
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214.113.1124098117380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)614.113.11240981128
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O14.113.12240976,2409812994
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]14.113.13240981,241020,241029249
Pentahydrite  (*)ChalcanthiteMg(SO4)·5H2O14.113.1124098132
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O14.113.11240981265
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]14.113.16240981,240984,241013,241020,241021,241025716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)13.713.71241009494
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS314.113.13240981,241022,241025733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS314.113.14240981,240998,241017,2410201425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214.113.119240974,240975,240981,240984,240989,240995,240998,241009,241010,241015,241022,241024,241027,241029,241030,241031,241033,241036,24103739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO213.713.712410143106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl14.113.112409811725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)214.113.11240981771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S813.713.712409899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214.113.133240975,240981,240982,240983,240984,240987,240989,240991,240995,240997,240998,240999,241009,241011,241012,241013,241015,241017,241020,241021,241022,241024,241025,241026,241027,241028,241029,241030,241031,241032,241033,241036,24103761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)14.113.12240981,2410201711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO214.113.112409815614
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O14.113.11240981390
Silver  (*)CopperAg14.113.15240981,241009,241025,241026,2410285186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14.113.124240981,240983,240984,240987,240989,240998,240999,241009,241012,241013,241017,241020,241021,241022,241024,241025,241026,241027,241028,241029,241030,241031,241032,24103321482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS414.113.13240981,241025,241028586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S314.113.1124098162
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs14.113.1124102948
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S314.113.112410223418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS14.113.11241031332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1314.113.112410201803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1314.113.17240981,240989,241020,241022,241027,241031,2410365317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O14.113.11241020452
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS213.713.72240981,24102046
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O13.713.71240985636
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O14.113.1124098173
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312410351247


3 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
AJES44_373-0001313.713.713.7       Au23962Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock District, Storey Co., Nevada, USAComstock LodeSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 
Hg-0009614.113.1 K-Ar     Kolymite, MoschellandsbergiteHg23962Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock District, Storey Co., Nevada, USA Vikre et al. (1988)10.2113/gsecongeo.83.4.864EG83_864 
NAVDAT-127285206144175±31   127285    58847Iron Blossom Prospect, Red Mountain District, Storey Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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