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Locality Name:
Shoshone Mts, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 262857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shoshone Mts, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jackson District
Union District

Latitude: 38°59'46"N
Longitude: 117°33'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.996111111111,-117.55916666667

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.

Amorphous	Andalusite	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite
Descloizite	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mercury ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stetefeldtite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg O P Pb S Sb Si U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Andalusite Aragonite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite
Descloizite Fluorite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

32 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	144	65	1	240082	2734
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	240080	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	240093,240098,240106	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	144	65	1	240082	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	240080,240084,240111	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	144	65	3	240078,240079,240082	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	240067,240078,240087,240089,240098	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			6	240070,240080,240101,240105,240108,240114	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	144	65	1	240082	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	240111	378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			9	240070,240080,240084,240090,240091,240098,240103,240104,240107	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	240078,240079,240089,240098	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	240081,240085,240087	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	240093,240106	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	240087	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			2	240105,240108	397
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	144	65	1	240082	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	240080	2994
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	144	65	1	240082	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			6	240068,240078,240081,240087,240089,240106	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	240090	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			10	240068,240078,240079,240081,240083,240084,240085,240087,240089,240111	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	144	65	1	240082	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	240098,240115	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	240099,240111,240113	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	240098	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	240098,240115	21482
Stetefeldtite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ag₂Sb₂(O,OH)₇	144	65	1	240082	22
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	240068	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	240106,240109	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	144	65	1	240082	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	240089	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-118423	144	65	104+40/-39					118423						40357	Shamrock Diggings, Union District, Shoshone Mts, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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