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Locality Name:
Gardnerville District, Pine Nut Mts, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gardnerville District, Pine Nut Mts, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Alpine Mine
Bentley Prospects (Payday No. 1 And Wilson)
Danite Mine
Divide Mine
Duval Prospects (Section 2 Prospects; NBMG Sample Site # 3485)
Gardnerville Mine (Alpine Claim; Cosmos Claim; Extension Claim; Owl Claim; Ramona Claim; Scheelite Claim; Tungstate Claim)
Gold Prospect 4 (NBMG Sample Site # 3456)
Last Laugh Mine
Monarch Mine
Pine Nut Deposit
Pine Nut Molybdenum Prospect (Gardnerville Mine Area; Alpine Claim; Cosmos Claim; Extension Claim; Owl Claim; Ramona Claim; Scheelite Claim; Tungstate Claim)
Preachers Mine
Ruby Hill Mine
Section 1/2 Prospect (NBMG Sample Site #3484)
Sections 2 And 3 Prospects (Gold Prospect 5; NBMG Sample Site #3457)
Suprise Mine (NBMG Sample Site #3482 & #3483)
Tungsten Hills Mine (Cherokee Mine)
Veta Grande Mine
Walker And Johnson Property
Ward & McDonald Property

Latitude: 38°52'37"N
Longitude: 119°35'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.876944444444,-119.59777777778
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumLazulite
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteStibnite
Wollastonite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12355642793
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12355623250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6235550,235554,235557,235558,235559,23556227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12355595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123555927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12355593531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12355593846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12355592970
Gold  (*)CopperAu123556430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32235557,23555814640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1235557469
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)20232
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22235559,23556212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23235547,235556,2355575800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123555617380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2235547,235557494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25235549,235556,235557,235558,23555939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29235549,235551,235553,235556,235557,235559,235560,235562,23556461156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1235566301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)7235547,235550,235552,235554,235557,235563,2355654894
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41235564586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312355493418
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312355501247


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