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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 81.9

mindat Locality ID: 58280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Humbolt-Springer Mine
North Sutton Mine
Orphan Workings
South Sutton Mine (Sutton No. 1 Mine)
Stank Mine
Uncle Sam Workings

Latitude: 40°46'41"N
Longitude: 118°8'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.778055555556,-118.13333333333

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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteStibniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Grossular  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2100.181.903419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3100.181.912406821534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)100.181.9124067827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2100.181.9027198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18100.181.901008
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)100.181.908173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3100.181.901544
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14100.181.90784
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2100.181.92240678,2406825800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2100.181.9039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8100.181.909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100.181.9061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2100.181.905614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)100.181.94240678,240681,240682,2406834894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3100.181.903418
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2100.181.902562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10100.181.901395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3100.181.901247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)100.181.905251



7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-118659100.181.991±9.1   118659    58280Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-118660100.181.991±9.1   118660    58280Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-118661100.181.991±9.1   118661    58280Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-118662100.181.991±9.1   118662    58280Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-118663100.181.991±9.1   118663    58280Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-118664100.181.991±9.1   118664    58280Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-118665100.181.991±9.1   118665    58280Nevada Massachusetts Co., Mill City District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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