Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse District (White Horse District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 298998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse District (White Horse District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
813 Pit
830 Pit
831 Pit

Latitude: 39°39'53"N
Longitude: 119°25'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.664722222222,-119.42583333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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 Au C Ca Fe H O Pb S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Laumontite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	241170	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	241170	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	241170	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	241170	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	241170	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	241170	30554
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	241170	1271
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	241170	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	241170	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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