Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Mount Moriah District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37233
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37233.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Moriah District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Galena Mine (Monitor Gulch Mine; Kaufman Mine)
Grand View Prospect
Hampton Creek Canyon Placer
Hanna Mine (Hannah Mine; Hana Mine)
Hendrys Creek Canyon
Mount Moriah Mine
Silver Peak Mine
Star Dust Quarries (Probert Quartzite Mine)

Latitude: 39°19'1"N
Longitude: 114°9'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.316944444444,-114.15111111111

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	Garnet	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Staurolite

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 C Ca Fe H O Pb S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Garnet None Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Staurolite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	241469,241471	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	241468	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	241468	24243
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	241468,241469	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	241468	4894
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	241469,241471	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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