Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 39.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.5

mindat Locality ID: 36430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Atlantic Cable Mine
Ben Lomond Mine
Defiance Mine
Grampus Mine
Mountain Pride Mine
Old Quaker Mine
Paymaster Mine
Ward Mine (Silver King Mine)
Young America Mine

Latitude: 39°4'44"N
Longitude: 114°53'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.078888888889,-114.88472222222

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zinkosite

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcocyanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Covellite ()*	Devilline ()*	Diopside ()*	Elyite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Joséite-B ()*
Kawazulite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Paratellurite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H Mo Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Linarite Malachite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zinkosite

48 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	39.6	31.5	1	241702	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	39.6	31.5	2	241702,241704	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	39.6	31.5	2	241702,241704	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	39.6	31.5	1	241702	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	241703	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	241704	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	241703	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			2	241703,241704	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	39.6	31.5	2	241702,241704	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	241704	5707
Chalcocyanite ()*	Zinkosite	Cu(SO₄)	39.6	31.5	0		15
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	39.6	31.5	4	241698,241702,241703,241704	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	39.6	31.5	1	241702	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	241704	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	241703	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	241704	4165
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	241704	366
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	241703	4135
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O			1	241704	85
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	241703	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	39.6	31.5	1	241702	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	39.6	31.5	1	241702	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	39.6	31.5	3	241702,241703,241704	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	241704	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	241704	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	241704	6890
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS			1	241703	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	39.6	31.5	0		14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	39.6	31.5	3	241702,241703,241704	804
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S			1	241704	86
Kawazulite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂Se			1	241703	32
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			2	241703,241704	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			2	241703,241704	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	39.6	31.5	1	241702	12537
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	39.6	31.5	1	241702	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	39.6	31.5	0		5800
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	39.6	31.5	0		471
Paratellurite ()*	Rutile	TeO₂			2	241703,241704	20
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39.6	31.5	3	241702,241703,241704	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	241703	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	39.6	31.5	4	241701,241702,241703,241704	61156
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	241704	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	39.6	31.5	2	241702,241704	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	39.6	31.5	1	241702	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	39.6	31.5	3	241702,241703,241704	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	39.6	31.5	2	241702,241703	586
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	241703	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	241703	1247

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-117403	39.6	32.4	36±3.6	117403	59434	Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117404	39.6	32.4	36±3.6	117404	59434	Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117405	39.6	32.4	36±3.6	117405	59434	Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118256	38.5	31.5	35±3.5	118256	59434	Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118369	38.5	31.5	35±3.5	118369	59434	Paymaster Mine, Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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