Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 3933
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3933.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grand Deposit Mine, Muncy Creek District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°36'55"N
Longitude: 114°33'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.615277777778,-114.55944444444

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Columbite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
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 Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn

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

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	65	1.8	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	65	1.8	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	65	1.8	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	65	1.8	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	1.8	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	65	1.8	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	65	1.8	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	65	1.8	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	1.8	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	65	1.8	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	65	1.8	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	65	1.8	73
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	65	1.8	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	65	1.8	12537
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	65	1.8	158
Scrutinyite ()*	Columbite	PbO₂	65	1.8	6
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	65	1.8	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	65	1.8	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65	1.8	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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