Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kingston District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36876
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36876.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kingston District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bi-Metallic Mine
Bowman Mine
Brown Ledge Mine
Bunker Hill Mine
Gold Star Mine
Golden Star Mine
Horton Mine
Kingston Canyon Mine
Kingston Mine (Victorine Mine; Phoenician Mine)
Kingston Placer
Mother Lode Mine

Latitude: 39°13'56"N
Longitude: 117°7'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.232222222222,-117.11888888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
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 Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cr O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Phoenicochroite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	238080,238082	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	238080	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	238080	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	238075	1382
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	238075	944
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	238080	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	238080,238081,238082	30554
Phoenicochroite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CrO₄)	0		35
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	238073,238080	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	238073,238080,238082	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	238080	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	238080	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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