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Locality Name:
Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 290131
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290131.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Olinghouse District (White Horse District)

Latitude: 39°39'45"N
Longitude: 119°24'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.6625,-119.41472222222

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K N Na O Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
GypsumMalachiteMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteTetradymite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nitratine  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12411688803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12411702734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212411785509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412411785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10241168,241170,241174,241178,241179,241180,241181,241182,241183,24118427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26241178,241179,241180,241181,241182,24119027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12411682600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2241170,2411781025
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe2241178,241183169
Copper  (*)CopperCu12411873846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12411872970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12411708173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O1241168138
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2241170,24117824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12411787437
Gold  (*)CopperAu12241168,241170,241173,241175,241177,241178,241179,241180,241181,241182,241184,24119030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12411776890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124117414640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1241178804
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612411742228
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2241170,2411871271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124118712537
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)124117791
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe22241178,241183409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29241174,241178,241179,241180,241181,241182,241184,241188,24119039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213241168,241170,241174,241175,241177,241179,241180,241181,241182,241183,241184,241188,24119061156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4124116864
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3241170,241176,2411784894
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1241168390
Silver  (*)CopperAg4241179,241180,241181,2411825186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124116821482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12411871101



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