Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Taylor District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taylor District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Antimony Chief Mine
Argus Group
Breech-Loader Mine
Enterprise Mine
Gore Mine
Merrimac Mine
Monitor Mine
North Star Claim
Patriot Mine
Willard Claim

Latitude: 39°4'59"N
Longitude: 114°41'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.083055555556,-114.68416666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperEnargiteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtziteXanthoconite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12416822734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71241682450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32241682,2416841089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2241675,24168227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2241675,2416824979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2241675,2416821382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12416753531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42241682,241684910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212416759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2241675,24168224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2241675,24168230554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412416755591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21241679230
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22241675,24168212537
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS22241682,241684300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124167517380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32241682,2416841425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124167539462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3124168484
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22241675,24168261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2241675,24168221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42241682,241684586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1241681446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34241674,241679,241681,2416823418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312416821803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12416821101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133241675,241682,2416845317
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41241685303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...