Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pilot Mts, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pilot Mts, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pilot Mountains District

Latitude: 38°23'7"N
Longitude: 117°53'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.385277777778,-117.89527777778

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Epidote	Garnet	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*	Valentinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Epidote Garnet Linarite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Turquoise

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	239310,239317,239331,239333,239335	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	239303,239317,239321,239322,239327,239335	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	239310	450
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	239313	1935
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	239310,239311	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	15	239304,239305,239307,239310,239315,239317,239318,239320,239321,239322,239323,239327,239334,239335,239338	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	1	239322	91
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	239333	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	239313,239331	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	239310,239311,239331,239333	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	17	239304,239306,239307,239308,239310,239317,239318,239319,239320,239321,239322,239323,239327,239330,239334,239335,239338	2600
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	239335	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	239315,239316	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	239315	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	239305,239310,239337,239339	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	239316	1544
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	239303,239310	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	239303	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	239311	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	239310,239311,239317,239331,239333,239335	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	239303	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	2	239303,239320	255
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	239313,239315,239331,239333	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	239326	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	239331	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	239303,239310	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	239304,239305,239306,239313,239321,239327,239331,239333,239338	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	239338	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	239305,239307,239310,239313,239315,239317,239322,239327,239334,239338	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	239309,239313,239315,239316,239336	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	239305,239310,239313,239315	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	3	239310,239322,239327	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	239310,239322,239327,239335	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	239322	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	239333	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	239315	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	6	239325,239326,239328,239329,239331,239340	484
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	3	239310,239322,239327	369
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	239314	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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