Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Table Mountain District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53.1

mindat Locality ID: 37176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Table Mountain District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Black Dyke Claim
Corn Beef Deposit
Cornish Claims
Dixie Prospect
Fencemaker Mine (Antimony Kid Mine)
Freckles Mine (Roman Mine; Kitten Springs Mine)
Gilbert Mine
Green Gold Mine
Nevada Fluorspar Mine
Stoker Mine (Adamson-Dickson Mine; New York Canyon Mine)
Storm Prospect
Susie Prospect
Victory Prospect

Latitude: 40°3'53"N
Longitude: 117°55'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.064722222222,-117.9275

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.

Calcite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite	Stibnite

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	240897	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			4	240893,240897,240898,240905	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	240901,240904	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	64.9	53.1	1	240900	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	240894	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	240902	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	240897	230
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	64.9	53.1	0		12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	64.9	53.1	1	240900	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	64.9	53.1	2	240897,240900	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	64.9	53.1	1	240900	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	240897	3418

6 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-117838	64.9	53.1	59±5.9	117838	58777	Green Gold Mine, Table Mountain District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117841	64.9	53.1	59±5.9	117841	58777	Green Gold Mine, Table Mountain District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117843	64.9	53.1	59±5.9	117843	58777	Green Gold Mine, Table Mountain District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117844	64.9	53.1	59±5.9	117844	58777	Green Gold Mine, Table Mountain District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117845	64.9	53.1	59±5.9	117845	58777	Green Gold Mine, Table Mountain District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118416	64.9	53.1	59±5.9	118416	58777	Green Gold Mine, Table Mountain District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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