Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Reese River District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 168
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.58

mindat Locality ID: 36882
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36882.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reese River District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 231
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 223

Number of Child Localities: 147
Child Localities:
Alsop Ledge
Amador Mine (Bronco Mine)
American Silver Mine
Annie
Antimony King Mine
Apache Variscite Mine
Apex Mine (Rundberg Mine; Early Day Mine)
Argenta Mine
Aurora West Mine
Austin
Baldy Prospect
Barington Mine
Bartlett Workings
Beiss Mine
Black Eagle Mine
Blind Ledge Mine
Blue Jacket Mine
Bonanza Little Mine
Bonanza Mine
Boston And Nevada Mine
Bradley Mine
Brannan Mine
Bull Dog Mine
Byers Incline (Last Chance Mine)
Cameron Mine
Castle Mountain Prospect
Chicago Mine
Cirac Property
Collins Mine
Columbia Mine
Cooper Mine
Crow Canyon
Cullin Mine
Daisy Prospect
Dalton Mine
Deer Point Prospect
Detroit Mine
Double H Prospect
Dudley B Shaft
Eathan Allen Mine
Engstrom Mine
Escobar Property
Esperanza Prospect
Esther Mine
Farrell Mine
Florida West Mine
Fortuna Mine
Freehold Mine
Gault Prospect
Girard Mine
Gold Park Prospect
Golden Eagle Mine (Last Chance Mine)
Good Hope Mine
Govich And Clark Mine
Green Stone Prospect
Grimes Prospect
Grove Mine
Groves Mine
Harnett Lane Mine
Hatfield Mine
Hatfield Tunnel
Hercules Austin Mine
Homestake Mine
Homeward Bound Mine
Hope Prospect
Hoyt Mine
Hubbard Mine
Idora Mine
Iowa Tunnel
Jackpot Mine
Jankins Mine
Jewett Mine
Keystone Mine
Kihock Mine
Kilbourn Group
Kling And Ford Mine
Kling And Kelly Mine
Klondyke Prospect
Lander Hill
Lander Hill Mining Co. Claims
Laurent Property
Laurium Prospect
Lee And Lund Mine
Lemaire Mine
Limelight Prospect
Lindsay And Shepard Mine
Lombardie Prospect
Lone Star Mine
Lower Pony Canyon
Luetgen Tunnel
Mahoney Mine
Maple Leaf Mine
Marshall Canyon
McCall Mine
McCann And Patrick Mine
McFee Mine
Merced Mine
Merritt Mine
Midas Flat
Morning Star Mine (Morgan Mine)
Mullin Mine
Naid Queen Mine
Nevada Boy Mine
New Strike Prospect
New York Canyon
Niagara Mine
Nicklas Mine
North River Mine
O'Kane Mine
O'Neil Mine
Occidental Mine
Ogden Mine
Orr Mine
Pittsburg Mine
Pony Canyon
Powell And Schlemmer Property
Reed And Wilbur Mine
Reeds Tunnel
Roberts Mine
Roosevelt Mine
Rundberg Property
Ryan Prospect
San Brannan Mine
San Francisco Canyon
San Francisco Mine
San Lorenzo Prospect
San Miguel Mine
Saybrook Mine
Schoof Mine
Shoshone Quicksilver Co. Mine
Silver Belt Ledge Mine
Silver Cliff Mine
Sinnott And Casey Mine
Sonoma Gold & Silver Mine
Southall And O'Kane Mine
Star Of Nevada Tunnel
Switzerland Prospect
Thompson Mine
Timoke Claim
Turner Mine
Union Hill
Utah Mine
Walsh And Gayhart Mine
Willard & Osborne Mine
Williams Mine
Workings Southwest Of Castle
Yankee Blade Canyon

Latitude: 39°32'27"N
Longitude: 117°3'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.540833333333,-117.05805555556

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	Adelite	Allargentum	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite
Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Covellite
Cubanite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Madocite	Melanterite	Meta-autunite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Struvite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite	Zippeite
Zircon

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Cl Cu Fe H I Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allargentum Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite
Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chabazite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Covellite
Cubanite Diaspore Enargite Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Madocite Melanterite Meta-autunite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Struvite Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Xanthoconite Zippeite
Zircon

83 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Andersonite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Apexite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Čejkaite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinobisvanite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Covellite ()*	Duftite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*
Gaylussite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydroglauberite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnesiozippeite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Metauranocircite-I ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrozippeite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Playfairite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Sternbergite ()*	Stetefeldtite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*	Uranopilite ()*
Variscite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*	Zippeite ()*

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			6	238167,238278,238317,238335,238357,238359	2793
Andersonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·5-6H₂O	66	2.58	1	238172	47
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	238167,238390	3092
Apexite ()*	Struvite	NaMg(PO₄)·9H₂O	0	0	1	238172	1
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	168	2.58	1	238172	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	238233,238342,238394	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	66	2.58	1	238172	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	168	2.58	2	238172,238175	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	168	2.58	2	238172,238178	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	168	2.58	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	168	2.58	7	238167,238172,238209,238237,238284,238308,238359	27770
Čejkaite ()*	None	Na₄(UO₂)(CO₃)₃	66	2.58	1	238172	9
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	168	2.58	0		4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	168	2.58	1	238172	310
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	238335	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	168	2.58	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	168	2.58	9	238167,238172,238178,238189,238242,238257,238308,238342,238359	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	238167	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	238335	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	238370	2600
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)			1	238270	36
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	66	2.58	1	238172	566
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	168	2.58	0		4165
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	168	2.58	0		220
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	168	2.58	0		180
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	168	2.58	0		910
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	168	2.58	1	238172	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	238193	9617
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	168	2.58	0		105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			7	238167,238178,238189,238242,238257,238342,238359	24243
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	168	2.58	1	238172	57
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	168	2.58	1	238172	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	238353	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	168	2.58	3	238167,238172,238335	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	168	2.58	1	238172	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	238233	1689
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	238175	469
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄			1	238175	69
Hydroglauberite ()*	None	Na₁₀Ca₃(SO₄)₈·6H₂O	168	2.58	1	238172	16
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	168	2.58	0		180
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	168	2.58	0		784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	168	2.58	2	238172,238233	2228
Magnesiozippeite ()*	Zippeite	Mg(UO₂)₂(SO₄)O₂·3.5H₂O	0	0	1	238172	14
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	238343	915
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	66	2.58	2	238172,238188	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	66	2.58	1	238172	443
Metauranocircite-I ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	66	2.58	1	238172	38
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	238266	300
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	238233	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	238167,238342	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	238343	17380
Natrozippeite ()*	Zippeite	Na₅(UO₂)₈(SO₄)₄O₅(OH)₃·12H₂O	66	2.58	1	238172	41
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	168	2.58	0		471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	168	2.58	1	238172	2994
Playfairite ()*	Madocite	Pb₁₆(Sb,As)₁₉S₄₄Cl	168	2.58	0		4
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	238167	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			10	238167,238253,238266,238278,238317,238320,238342,238351,238372,238394	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	238167	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	168	2.58	14	238167,238172,238178,238189,238237,238242,238257,238258,238308,238340,238342,238343,238359,238364	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	168	2.58	2	238167,238172	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	168	2.58	35	238167,238170,238172,238178,238189,238198,238202,238206,238209,238237,238242,238253,238257,238258,238266,238278,238284,238300,238308,238309,238318,238320,238335,238337,238340,238342,238343,238353,238354,238355,238359,238364,238367,238372,238394	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	168	2.58	0		712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			6	238167,238253,238257,238284,238299,238359	1711
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	66	2.58	1	238172	58
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	238343	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	238396	4894
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	238343	84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			5	238167,238177,238260,238318,238385	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			7	238167,238178,238189,238242,238257,238342,238359	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			3	238167,238317,238351	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	168	2.58	0		62
Stetefeldtite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ag₂Sb₂(O,OH)₇	168	2.58	0		22
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			3	238170,238367,238372	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	168	2.58	1	238172	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	168	2.58	0		3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			8	238166,238251,238260,238266,238278,238282,238342,238359	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	66	2.58	1	238172	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	66	2.58	1	238172	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	66	2.58	1	238172	89
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	66	2.58	1	238172	94
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	238171	301
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	168	2.58	0		89
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	66	2.58	1	238172	175

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000743	The Apex Mine is the largest Uranium mine in the state of Nevada and is host to several U minerals which are exclusive to it on the Western Hemisphere
Giersdorf_00000744	The Apex Mine is the largest Uranium mine in the state of Nevada and is host to several U minerals which are exclusive to it on the Western Hemisphere

2 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
	Giersdorf_00000743	66	2.58	Tertiary									Andersonite, Autunite, Cejkaite, Meta-autunite, Metatorbernite, Rutherfordine, Torbernite, Uranopilite, Zippeite	U	29588	Apex Mine (Rundberg Mine; Early Day Mine), Reese River District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA	Apex Mine	Jensen et al. (2012)	10.1080/00357529.2012.676847	RM87_270	The uranium is interpreted to have been derived from the Tertiary volcanism associated with emplacement of the leucocratic dikes, which also provided heat flow and uranium-enriched fluids.
	Giersdorf_00000744	168	145	168-145											29588	Apex Mine (Rundberg Mine; Early Day Mine), Reese River District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA	Apex Mine	Jensen et al. (2012)	10.1080/00357529.2012.676847	RM87_270	Age of porphyritic quartz monzonite intrusion

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060374	Apex Mine (Rundberg Mine; Early Day Mine), Reese River District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R060374

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