Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Pass District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36879
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36879.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Pass District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Gold Belt Mine
Happy Days Mine
Last Chance Mine
Little Jumbo Mine
Mount Airy Mine
Nevada Austin Mine
New Pass Mine (Thomas W. Mine)
Peterson Mine (Black Rock Mine)
Rabbit Foot Prospect
Sheridan Prospect
Shoshone Mine
Yellow Bull Mine

Latitude: 39°40'2"N
Longitude: 117°26'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.667222222222,-117.44666666667

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.

Calcite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Turquoise

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Turquoise

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Turquoise ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	238138	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	238140	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	238136,238141	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	238138,238140	61156
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	238144	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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