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Locality Name:
Muncy Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.8

mindat Locality ID: 37234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muncy Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Amargosa Mine
Defiance Mine
Grand Deposit Mine
Kansas Mine (Pioche Kansas Mine)
Muncy Creek Mine

Latitude: 39°36'54"N
Longitude: 114°33'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.615,-114.55916666667

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scrutinyite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

27 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	241479	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	65	1.8	1	241478	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	65	1.8	1	241478	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	65	1.8	1	241478	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	65	1.8	2	241478,241479	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	241479	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	1.8	1	241478	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	65	1.8	1	241478	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	241479	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	65	1.8	1	241478	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	65	1.8	1	241478	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	241479	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	1.8	1	241478	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	65	1.8	1	241478	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	241479	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	241479	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	65	1.8	1	241478	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	65	1.8	1	241478	73
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	65	1.8	1	241478	1066
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	241479	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	65	1.8	2	241478,241479	12537
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	65	1.8	1	241478	158
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	241479	454
Scrutinyite ()*	Columbite	PbO₂	65	1.8	1	241478	6
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	65	1.8	1	241478	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	65	1.8	1	241478	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65	1.8	1	241478	21482

4 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-117928	65	1.8	33.4±31.6	117928	3933	Grand Deposit Mine, Muncy Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117929	65	1.8	33.4±31.6	117929	3933	Grand Deposit Mine, Muncy Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118266	65	1.8	33.4±31.6	118266	3933	Grand Deposit Mine, Muncy Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118359	65	1.8	33.4±31.6	118359	3933	Grand Deposit Mine, Muncy Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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