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Locality Name:
Cherry Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28.8

mindat Locality ID: 36429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cherry Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Black Metal Mine
Bull Hill Mine
Calcite Mine
Chance Mine
Cherry Creek Mine (TiCup Mine; Tincup Mine; Teacup Mine; Biscuit Mine)
Egan Canyon Placer
Egan Mine (Gilligan Mine)
Exchequer Mine
Fillmore Mine (Scheelite King Mine)
Goshute Cave
Gypsy Mine
Happy Mine
Hilltop Prospect
Imperial Mine
Joana Mine
Johnny Mine
Last Chance Mine
Mary Anne Mine (Maryanne Mine)
McMurry Prospect
Mother Lode Mine
Nora Mine
Only Chance Mine (Geneva Mine)
Pine Nut Mine
Shoestring Mine
Silver Canyon Lode (Desting Tunnel)
Star Mine
Unnamed Antimony Prospects
Unnamed Fluorspar Prospect
Victoria Mine
Wide West Mine

Latitude: 39°55'3"N
Longitude: 114°54'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.9175,-114.90722222222
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 As Au Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C H O Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteMalachiteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite
Tetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S6241346,241347,241356,241362,241363,2413682793
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O35.228.80470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)8241343,241350,241351,241360,241364,241365,241368,2413712734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12413523250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)28241343,241350,241351,241360,241364,241365,241368,2413715509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS48241343,241350,241351,241360,241364,241365,241368,2413715516
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1241368227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13241345,241346,241347,241351,241353,241354,241359,241362,241363,241364,241366,241368,24137027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)8241343,241350,241351,241360,241364,241365,241368,2413714979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4241346,241347,241362,2413635707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212241343,241344,241350,241351,241357,241358,241360,241364,241365,241368,241371,24137227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl9241343,241350,241351,241356,241360,241364,241365,241368,2413711382
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22241355,2413709617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17241343,241344,241346,241347,241350,241351,241356,241357,241358,241360,241362,241363,241364,241365,241368,241371,24137224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13241343,241344,241348,241350,241351,241357,241358,241360,241364,241365,241368,241371,24137230554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)29241343,241350,241351,241356,241360,241364,241365,241368,24137112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212413615800
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1241368716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31241368733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312413681425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218241343,241344,241346,241347,241350,241351,241356,241357,241358,241360,241361,241362,241363,241364,241365,241368,241371,24137239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219241344,241345,241346,241347,241351,241353,241354,241355,241357,241358,241359,241361,241362,241363,241364,241366,241368,241370,24137261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)17241343,241345,241346,241347,241350,241351,241353,241354,241359,241360,241362,241363,241364,241365,241366,241368,2413714894
Silver  (*)CopperAg8241343,241350,241351,241360,241364,241365,241368,2413715186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)35.228.802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12241343,241346,241347,241350,241351,241360,241362,241363,241364,241365,241368,24137121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41241368586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2241347,241354446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312413473418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1241356332
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12413561101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S138241343,241350,241351,241360,241364,241365,241368,2413715317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-11793035.228.832±3.2   117930    59017Egan Mine (Gilligan Mine), Cherry Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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