Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pioche District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 36716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pioche District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 79

Number of Child Localities: 70
Child Localities:
Abe Lincoln Mine
Amadour Tunnel
Andrews And Steever Mine
Apex Mine (Salt Lake Pioche Mine)
Arizona Peak
Black Ledge Pioche Mine
Blind Mountain Prospect
Blue Eagle Mine
Bowen Consolidated Mine
Bowery Shaft
Burke Mine
Canon Gassett Mine
Caselton Mine (No. 2 Mine Of Consolidated Reduction Co.)
Casey Courtney & Doody Mine
Centennial Shaft
Chapman Mine
Chief Of Hill Mine
Chisolm Mine
Church Mine
Cotinno Tunnel
Daly East Mine
Davidson Mine
Demijohn Mine
East Prince Shaft
Ely Valley Mines
Florence Mine
Gold Eagle Mine
Golden Eagle Mine
Greenwood Shaft
Hackett Mine
Half Moon Mine
Hermes Silver Mine
Hill 7106 Prospect
Independence Mine
J. Nesbitt And Brother Mine
James & Co. Mine
Manhattan Mine
Marion Mine
Mary N. Bliss Mine
McCullough Hill
Meadow Valley No. 1 Mine
Meadow Valley No. 2 Mine
Meadow Valley No. 3 Mine
Meadow Valley No. 5 Mine
Nevada Des Moines
Nevada Utah Mine
Newport Mine
No. 1 Mine (Combined Reduction Co.; Raymond And Ely No. 1 Mine)
Old Times Mine (Alliance Mine)
P. McCannon Mine
Pacific Tunnel
Phoenix Reduction Mine
Pioche King Mine
Pioche Metals Mine
Pioche Union Mine
Polaris Mine
Prince Mine
Raymond And Ely Extension
Rumagain Shaft
Silver Comet Mine
Summit Shaft
Susan Duster Mine
Treasure Hill
Virginia Louise Mine
Virtue Mine
Volcano Mine (Stindt And Donahue Mine)
West End Group (No. 10)
Whale Mine
Wide Awake Mine
Zero Tunnel

Latitude: 37°55'44"N
Longitude: 114°28'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.928888888889,-114.47194444444

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Braunite
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Linarite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pavonite
Phenakite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Braunite
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite
Linarite Ludwigite Malachite Melanterite Mica Minium None Not in a structural group Olivine Pavonite
Phenakite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cupropavonite ()*
Diopside ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Minium ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Szaibélyite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tripuhyite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*

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	25	20	0		2793
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	25	20	1	238688	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	25	20	3	238654,238709,238721	2734
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	25	20	0		363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	25	20	1	238708	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	25	20	0		544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25	20	3	238654,238709,238721	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	25	20	0		11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	20	0		132
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	25	20	0		450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	25	20	1	238658	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	25	20	1	238708	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	25	20	1	238658	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	20	3	238658,238664,238712	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	25	20	4	238654,238677,238726,238727	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	25	20	0		197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	20	0		27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	25	20	3	238654,238709,238721	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25	20	0		3531
Cupropavonite ()*	Pavonite	Cu_0.9Ag_0.5Pb_0.6Bi_2.5S₅	25	20	0		18
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	25	20	2	238658,238684	4135
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	25	20	1	238711	551
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	25	20	0		52
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	25	20	1	238691	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	20	8	238654,238664,238676,238679,238699,238708,238711,238714	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	20	3	238664,238715,238721	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	25	20	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	25	20	1	238731	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	25	20	0		1689
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	25	20	1	238658	341
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	25	20	0		367
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	25	20	2	238657,238708	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	20	2	238692,238693	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	25	20	1	238708	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	25	20	0		987
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	25	20	1	238658	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	25	20	1	238658	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	20	4	238654,238658,238709,238721	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	25	20	0		915
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	25	20	0		247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	20	1	238664	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	20	0		254
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	25	20	0		249
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	25	20	1	238708	142
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	25	20	1	238711	477
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	25	20	1	238680	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	25	20	1	238708	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	20	3	238664,238708,238711	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	25	20	1	238692	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	25	20	1	238708	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	20	3	238699,238711,238728	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	25	20	0		1711
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	25	20	0		241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	25	20	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	25	20	3	238664,238718,238721	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	25	20	2	238654,238657	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25	20	7	238664,238676,238679,238699,238708,238711,238714	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	25	20	2	238658,238684	1934
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	25	20	1	238658	87
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	25	20	1	238708	1803
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	25	20	0		66
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	25	20	2	238699,238708	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	25	20	1	238656	303

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00484	25	20	Tertiary, 25–20 Ma											36716	Pioche District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA	Pioche	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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