Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Wilson District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilson District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Big Moly Prospect
Cambridge Hills
Desert Creek Ranch
Glacier King Claims
Lava Cap Claims
Nye Canyon
Pine Grove Hills
W & P Mine (Last Chance; Williams)
White Rose Claim
White Rose No. 1 Claim

Latitude: 38°42'10"N
Longitude: 119°9'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.702777777778,-119.15083333333

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	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Enargite	Epidote	Epsomite
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Woodwardite	Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Autunite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline Enargite Epidote Epsomite
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Linarite Malachite Marcasite Meta-autunite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Woodwardite Wurtzite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Autunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tangeite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Zincaluminite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	238956	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	238951	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	238942	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	238942	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	238942	919
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	238939	1272
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3	238939,238942,238949	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	238951	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	238942	359
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	2	238959,238960	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	238942	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	238939,238956,238958	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	238942,238949	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	238956	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	238940,238951	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	238939	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	238942	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	238952,238953,238954,238956,238957	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	238942	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	238959,238960	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	238940	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	238942	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	238942	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	238942	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	238940	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	238956	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	3	238939,238943,238944	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	238939	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	238936,238939,238958	5800
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	1	238939	182
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2	238939,238951	494
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	238942	369
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	238954,238956,238958	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	238956	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	238946,238948,238951,238952,238953,238954,238956,238958	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	238942	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	238956	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	238951	4894
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	238942,238949	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	238954	5186
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	238939	60
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	238939	1059
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	1	238939	628
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	238937	890
Zincaluminite ()*	Woodwardite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	1	238942	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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