Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Wild Horse District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wild Horse District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Green Mine (Silver Queen Group; Wild Horse Antimony)
McCoy Mine
Shoshone Creek Canyon
Wild Horse Mine

Latitude: 39°54'0"N
Longitude: 117°45'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.9,-117.75166666667

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Cristobalite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Stibnite

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Cristobalite Gypsum Kaolinite None Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Stibnite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	234980,234983	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	234979	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	234980,234983	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	3	234980,234982,234983	91
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	234980,234982,234983	2600
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	234982	453
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	234979	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	234979	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	234980,234983	5591
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	234982	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	234979,234980,234982,234983	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	234979,234980,234983	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	234980,234983	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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