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Locality Name:
Pine Grove Hills, Wilson District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 61157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pine Grove Hills, Wilson District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Big Crystal Mine
Jackrabbit Mine
Mount Etna (Mount Aetna)
New York Mine
Pine Grove Mine
Rockland Mine
Smith Valley Mine
Wheeler Mine
Wilson Mine

Latitude: 38°40'12"N
Longitude: 119°9'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.67,-119.1525
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperDevillineEnargiteEpidote
GarnetMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andradite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12389562793
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312389511534
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612389491633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123895127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123895627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12389493531
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41238956910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12389518173
Gold  (*)CopperAu5238952,238953,238954,238956,23895730554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212389565674
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1238951494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22238954,23895639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812389569056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26238948,238951,238952,238953,238954,23895661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212389565614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12389514894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1238949292
Silver  (*)CopperAg12389545186


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