Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 36911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Patterson District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ad Adit (Schwartz Tunnel)
Cinch Mine (Walker)
Eagle Rock Mine (Devlin Prospect; Prince Group)
Jerry Mine
Pip Mine

Latitude: 38°32'57"N
Longitude: 114°43'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.549166666667,-114.71916666667

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Malachite Molybdenite None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	238642,238643,238644	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	238644	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	238642	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	238642	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	238642	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	238642	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	238644	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	238642	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	238643	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	238642,238644	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	238642,238643,238644,238646	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	238642,238643,238646	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	238642	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	238642	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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