Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.8

mindat Locality ID: 247949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247949.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Spring Valley District
Willard District
Wright Canyon
Wright Canyon Placers

Latitude: 40°19'39"N
Longitude: 118°12'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.3275,-118.21138888889

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Dufrénite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pharmacosiderite
Phosphofibrite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wavellite

Acanthite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dufrénite ()*	Fluellite ()*	Fluorwavellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mercury ()*
Metavariscite ()*	Meurigite-K ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minyulite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Mosesite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Selenium ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strengite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Variscite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcioferrite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Dufrénite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Pharmacosiderite
Phosphofibrite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wavellite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	240577	2793
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	240588	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	6.4	5.8	1	240606	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6.4	5.8	2	240587,240606	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	6.4	5.8	1	240606	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6.4	5.8	8	240578,240579,240583,240584,240585,240586,240587,240606	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl			5	240578,240579,240584,240585,240586	91
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6.4	5.8	1	240606	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	240577	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6.4	5.8	3	240577,240587,240593	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	6.4	5.8	6	240578,240579,240584,240585,240586,240595	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	240577	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	6.4	5.8	1	240606	310
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	240585	651
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	139
Fluellite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)F₂(OH)·7H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	40
Fluorwavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₂F·5H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	26
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6.4	5.8	5	240577,240587,240592,240598,240606	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	6.4	5.8	2	240577,240606	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	90	65	7	240576,240577,240580,240589,240590,240591,240609	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	6.4	5.8	1	240606	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6.4	5.8	1	240606	5591
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	6.4	5.8	6	240578,240579,240584,240585,240586,240595	397
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	27
Meurigite-K ()*	Phosphofibrite	KFe³⁺₈(PO₄)₆(OH)₇·6.5H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	21
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	6.4	5.8	1	240606	1107
Minyulite ()*	None	KAl₂(PO₄)₂F·4H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	31
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	44
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	6.4	5.8	5	240600,240601,240602,240603,240604	1508
Mosesite ()*	None	(Hg₂N)Cl	6.4	5.8	1	240595	6
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	240585,240588	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	79.2	64.8	1	240608	471
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6.4	5.8	3	240577,240587,240606	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	6.4	5.8	1	240606	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	240588	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6.4	5.8	8	240577,240578,240584,240585,240586,240587,240588,240606	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	79.2	64.8	1	240608	4894
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	6.4	5.8	1	240606	143
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6.4	5.8	3	240577,240592,240606	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	240577	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	6.4	5.8	7	240578,240584,240586,240594,240596,240597,240599	3418
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	263
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	6.4	5.8	1	240593	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6.4	5.8	2	240577,240605	5317
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	6.4	5.8	1	240606	301

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Num	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-116938	90	65	77+13/-12		116938			58723	Spring Valley Canyon Placers, Spring Valley District, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
Hg-00093	6.4	5.8		K-Ar		Cinnabar, Mercury, Mosesite	Hg	37183	Willard District, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	Noble et al. (1988); Coolbaugh et al. (2005)
Hg-00051	6.4	5.8		K-Ar		Cinnabar, Mercury, Mosesite	Hg	10114	Clack Mine, Willard District, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	Noble et al. (1988); Coolbaugh et al. (2005)
NAVDAT-116935	79.2	64.8	72±7.2		116935			228146	Wright Canyon Mine, Wright Canyon, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R140234	Cinnabar City Mine (King George Mine), Spring Valley District, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R140234

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