Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Peavine Peak (Peavine Mountain), Peavine District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 265008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peavine Peak (Peavine Mountain), Peavine District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Peavine Peak Mine
Unnamed Au-Cu Prospects [1]
Unnamed Cu Prospect [1]
Unnamed Cu-Fe Occurrence
Yuba Cañon (Yuba Canyon)

Latitude: 39°35'30"N
Longitude: 119°55'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.591666666667,-119.92861111111

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Pyrite
Spinel	Tourmaline	Tyrolite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Schorl ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar None Pyrite
Spinel Tourmaline Tyrolite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	241217	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	241217	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	241214	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	241217	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	241214	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	241215	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	241214	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	241217	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	241216	271
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	241214	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	241216	14899
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	241217	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	241214	39462
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	241214	2705
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	241215	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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