Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Washington District, Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37110
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37110.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Washington District, Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Ground View Group [?]
Haywire Prospect (Old Mule)
Henry George (Morning Star [?])
Jim Dandy Prospect
O'Toole Prospect
San Juan Canyon
St. Elena Patent
St. Louis (Richmond [?])
Tiger Workings [?]
Warner Mine (Werner Mine; Washington Property)

Latitude: 39°8'9"N
Longitude: 117°14'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.135833333333,-117.24972222222

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	240201	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	240199	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	240199	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	240195,240199,240201	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	240197	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	240195,240199,240200	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	240197,240199	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	240193	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	240199	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	240195,240199,240201	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	240196	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	240201	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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