Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tobin And Sonoma Range District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 37177
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37177.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tobin And Sonoma Range District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Big Mike Mine
Horton Mine
Ore Drag Mine
Pollard Canyon Prospects
True American Mine

Latitude: 40°32'31"N
Longitude: 117°33'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.541944444444,-117.55666666667

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epsomite
Halotrichite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Alpersite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Antlerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pickeringite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epsomite
Halotrichite Malachite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite

25 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
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	300	300	1	240907	10
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	300	300	1	240907	272
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	300	300	1	240907	246
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	300	300	1	240907	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	300	300	1	240907	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	2	240907,240908	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	300	1	240907	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	300	300	1	240907	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	240908	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	300	300	1	240907	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	300	300	1	240907	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	300	300	1	240907	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	300	300	1	240907	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300	300	1	240907	300
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	300	300	1	240907	484
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	300	300	1	240907	14640
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	240909	230
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	300	300	1	240907	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	300	300	1	240907	17380
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	300	300	1	240907	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	300	1	240907	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	300	3	240907,240908,240911	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	240911	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	300	1	240907	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	300	300	1	240907	1101

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
	vms-01069	300	300	Pennsylvanian-Permian										S	58783	Big Mike Mine, Tobin And Sonoma Range District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	Big Mike	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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