Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iron Hat District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37154
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37154.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Hat District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aldrich Mine (Iron Hat Mine)
Land Rover Prospect
Ore Drag Mine
Silver-lead Mine
Unnamed Copper Prospect (1)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (2)
Valmy 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	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Copper Covellite Digenite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	240642,240643	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	240639	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	240639,240640	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	0		300
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	240638	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	240639	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	240642,240643	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	240638	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	240639	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	240640	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	240638	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	240640	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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