Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 37171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scossa District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gold Boulder Zone
Mohawk Group
North Star Group
Pershing Titanium Placers
Wonder Metal Placers

Latitude: 40°44'2"N
Longitude: 118°35'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.733888888889,-118.58638888889

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.

Copper	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite

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 Au Br Ca Cl Fe H K O S Se Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	240840,240841	966
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	240839	227
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	240839	1382
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	240839,240840,240841	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	240844,240845	14899
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	240839	192
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	240840,240841	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	240844,240845	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	240844,240845	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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