Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Copper Belt, White Pine District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90.4

mindat Locality ID: 59443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Belt, White Pine District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Monte Cristo Mine
Trench Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Scheelite
Tetrahedrite

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene Scheelite
Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zoisite ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	90.4	90.4	0		27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	90.4	90.4	0		1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	90.4	90.4	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	90.4	90.4	0		8173
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	90.4	90.4	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	90.4	90.4	0		17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	90.4	90.4	0		494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	90.4	90.4	0		39462
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	90.4	90.4	0		4894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	90.4	90.4	1	241716	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	90.4	90.4	0		1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00504	90.4	90.4	90.4							Yes				37258	White Pine District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	White Pine	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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