Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Spring Valley District, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 37173
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37173.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spring Valley District, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
American Canyon Placers
Bonanza King Mine (Lady Mary Mine; Eagle Mine)
Cinnabar City Mine (King George Mine)
Cinnabar King Mine
Dry Gulch Placers
Enterprise Mine
Fitting Fault Prospect
Harris Mine
Hillside Mine
Kaolinite Mine (Walker Mine)
Little Linda Mine (Cowan Mine)
Pacific Matchless Mine
Pinite Mine
South American Canyon Placers
Spring Valley Canyon Placers
Troy Canyon Placers
Wabash Mine

Latitude: 40°19'58"N
Longitude: 118°6'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.332777777778,-118.10444444444

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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Mercury ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Kaolinite
Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

22 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	240577	2793
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	240588	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	240587	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			7	240578,240579,240583,240584,240585,240586,240587	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl			5	240578,240579,240584,240585,240586	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	240577	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	240577,240587	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			5	240578,240579,240584,240585,240586	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	240577	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	240585	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	240577,240587,240592	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	240577	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	90	65	6	240576,240577,240580,240589,240590,240591	30554
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			5	240578,240579,240584,240585,240586	397
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	240585,240588	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	240577,240587	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	240588	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	240577,240578,240584,240585,240586,240587,240588	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	240577,240592	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	240577	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			3	240578,240584,240586	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	240577	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-116938	90	65	77+13/-12					116938						58723	Spring Valley Canyon Placers, Spring Valley District, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R140234	Cinnabar City Mine (King George Mine), Spring Valley District, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R140234

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