Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silverton District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37097
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37097.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silverton District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Blackbird Prospect(?)
Silverton Mine And Group Of Claims

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Gypsum	None	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Stibnite

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 Ba C Ca Cl H O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Copper Gypsum None Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Stibnite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kermesite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Valentinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	240122	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	240121	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	240122	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	240122	1382
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	240122	6890
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	240121	230
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	240122	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	240122	5186
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	240121	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	240121	3418
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	240121	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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