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Locality Name:
Rose Creek District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 196.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 113.7

mindat Locality ID: 37166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rose Creek District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gold Spell Mine
Rose Creek Mine
Rose-Dale Mine
Unnamed Tungsten Prospect
Victory Prospect

Latitude: 40°50'32"N
Longitude: 117°50'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.842222222222,-117.84277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteMolybdeniteNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTitanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212408003419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12408009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2240800,24080327770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1240800925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124080027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612408004135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12408008173
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212408005800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124080039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212408033106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22240800,24080261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2240800,2408024894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124080021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12408004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212408002562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12408001025


8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-118151184.8151.2168±16.8   118151    246008Rose-Dale Mine, Rose Creek District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-118389184.8151.2168±16.8   118389    246008Rose-Dale Mine, Rose Creek District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06701196.6139.8168.2±28.4Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     246008Rose-Dale Mine, Rose Creek District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06702196.6139.8168.2±28.4Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     246008Rose-Dale Mine, Rose Creek District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06703196.6139.8168.2±28.4Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     246008Rose-Dale Mine, Rose Creek District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06704167.1113.7140.4±26.7Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     246008Rose-Dale Mine, Rose Creek District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06706167.1113.7140.4±26.7Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     246008Rose-Dale Mine, Rose Creek District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-06707167.1113.7140.4±26.7Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     246008Rose-Dale Mine, Rose Creek District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 

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