Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver Peak District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 91
Youngest recorded age at locality: 85

mindat Locality ID: 27559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Peak District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
April Mine
Black Warrior Mine
Crowning Glory Mine
Drinkwater Mine
Elkton Lode
Gold Hill Mine
Helen Lode
Hombre Claims
Homestake Mine
Last Chance Mine
Mary Mine
Mineral Ridge
Mineral Ridge Mine
Nivloc Mine
Oasis Divide
Pocatello Mine
Richmond Lode
Sharon Claims
Silver Peak
Texas No. 1 Lode
Vanderbilt Mine
Western Soldier Mine

Latitude: 37°47'4"N
Longitude: 117°41'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.784444444444,-117.69666666667

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.

Alum	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc

Alum-(K) ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Niter ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stetefeldtite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*

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 F Fe H Hg K Mg N Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Mica None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Talc

30 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
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	236869	92
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	236868	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	236863	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	91	85	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	236857	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	236854	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	236866,236868	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	236863	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	91	85	0		352
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	91	85	0		1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	236857	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	236868	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			8	236851,236853,236856,236860,236863,236867,236870,236872	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	236863	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	236850,236863	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	91	85	0		5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	91	85	0		987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	236851	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	236858,236871	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	236871	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)			1	236869	181
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	236850	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	236853,236857,236860,236863,236872	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			11	236850,236853,236857,236858,236860,236863,236864,236866,236868,236871,236872	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	91	85	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	236863	21482
Stetefeldtite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ag₂Sb₂(O,OH)₇			1	236851	22
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	91	85	0		3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	91	85	0		2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	91	85	0		3337

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
	Bradley_2012_134	91	85	88±3	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			60893	Unnamed Pegmatite, Mineral Ridge, Silver Peak District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	Custer Gulch	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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