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Locality Name:
Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.8

mindat Locality ID: 3912
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3912.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
56 Copper Mine
Etchegoyhen Mine
Florence Hill Prospect
Gilbert Mine
Gold Coin Mine
Guthries Mine
Iron Forge Prospect (Forge Mine)
Keystone Mine
Marietta Mine
Mill City
Nevada Massachusetts Co.
Organ Mine
Red Hawk Mine
Sunshine Mine
Twilight Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Woody Canyon

Latitude: 40°44'35"N
Longitude: 118°10'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.743055555556,-118.17305555556

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tangeite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Mg Mo O S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Epidote Garnet Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

31 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			3	240670,240686,240687	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	100.1	81.9	1	240677	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	100.1	81.9	2	240677,240682	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100.1	81.9	2	240677,240678	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	144	1.8	0		5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100.1	81.9	2	240673,240677	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	240684	3531
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	100.1	81.9	1	240677	1008
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	240673	344
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100.1	81.9	1	240677	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	240668,240672	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	100.1	81.9	1	240677	1544
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	240669	469
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	100.1	81.9	1	240677	784
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	113.3	81.9	1	240667	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	113.3	81.9	5	240667,240673,240677,240678,240682	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	144	1.8	0		153
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	144	1.8	0		494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	113.3	81.9	3	240667,240673,240677	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100.1	81.9	1	240677	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	144	1.8	5	240673,240674,240677,240688,240689	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	100.1	81.9	1	240677	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	100.1	81.9	8	240671,240673,240677,240678,240681,240682,240683,240685	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	240674	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	144	1.8	0		21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	100.1	81.9	1	240677	3418
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	240688	60
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	100.1	81.9	1	240677	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	100.1	81.9	1	240677	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	100.1	81.9	1	240677	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	100.1	81.9	1	240677	5251

12 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-116953	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	116953	58276	56 Copper Mine, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117325	113.3	92.7	103±10.3	117325	58276	56 Copper Mine, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117640	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	117640	58276	56 Copper Mine, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9745	113.3	92.7	103±10.3	9745	58276	56 Copper Mine, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118659	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118659	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118660	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118660	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118661	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118661	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118662	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118662	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118663	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118663	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118664	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118664	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-118665	100.1	81.9	91±9.1	118665	58280	Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-117633	144	1.8	72.9±71.1	117633	64944	Woody Canyon, Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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