Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wild Horse District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36887.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wild Horse District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Black Devil Mine
McCoy Mine
Wild Horse Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Stibnite	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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Hg Mn O S Sb Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Stibnite Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	238426,238427	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	238426,238427	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	2	238426,238427	91
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	238426,238427	2600
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	238427	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	238426,238427	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	238425	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	238425	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	238426,238427	3418
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	238427	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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