Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mineral Basin District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 143.1

mindat Locality ID: 37158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Basin District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
American Ore Co. Mine (Sections 16 And 22)
American Ore Mine (Section 10)
American Ore Mine (Section 32)
Beacon Hill Mine
Buena Vista Hills
Buena Vista Mine
Emery-Fisk Prospect
Ford Mine (Iron Horse Mine)
Iron Castle Mine
Nevada Iron Ore Co. Mine (Hematite Mine)
Nevada Iron Ore Co. Mine (Section 29)
Section 31 Mine
Segerstrom-Heizer Mine
Southeast Section 29 Mine
Thomas Mine
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 40°2'41"N
Longitude: 118°10'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.044722222222,-118.17361111111

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	Analcime	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Marcasite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Scapolite	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Coulsonite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Meionite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*

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 K Mg Na O P S Si Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Marcasite
Mica None Pyrite Scapolite Spinel Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	174.9	143.1	2	240692,240703	3419
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	174.9	143.1	0		1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	174.9	143.1	1	240703	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	174.9	143.1	0		27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	174.9	143.1	0		1756
Coulsonite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺V³⁺₂O₄			1	240695	16
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	174.9	143.1	1	240703	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	174.9	143.1	1	240703	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	174.9	143.1	5	240700,240701,240703,240704,240705	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	174.9	143.1	12	240691,240692,240693,240694,240697,240698,240700,240701,240702,240703,240704,240705	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	174.9	143.1	1	240703	5674
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)			1	240695	176
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	174.9	143.1	1	240703	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	174.9	143.1	1	240703	39462
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	174.9	143.1	1	240703	375
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	174.9	143.1	7	240691,240694,240695,240696,240698,240703,240705	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	174.9	143.1	4	240694,240696,240698,240703	2562
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	174.9	143.1	0		120

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-116918	174.9	143.1	159±15.9	116918	58327	Beacon Hill Mine, Mineral Basin District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-116920	174.9	143.1	159±15.9	116920	58331	Segerstrom-Heizer Mine, Mineral Basin District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-116922	174.9	143.1	159±15.9	116922	58331	Segerstrom-Heizer Mine, Mineral Basin District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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