Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sacramento District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37168.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Champion Mine (Champion Sillimanite Co. Quarry)
Humbolt Queen Mine
Pole Canyon Mines
Sacramento Canyon Placers
Unnamed Silver Prospects

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Al As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Dumortierite Feldspar Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	240829	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	240829	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	240829	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	240830	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	240831	4979
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	240829	231
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	240830,240831	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	240831,240832	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	240829	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	240831	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	240830	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	240829,240830,240831,240833	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	240830,240833	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	240831	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	240830	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	240829	105
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	240830	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	240829	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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