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Locality Name:
Ward Mine (Silver King Mine), Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 62259
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62259.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ward Mine (Silver King Mine), Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Caroline Tunnel

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Bi C Ca Cd F Fe H Mg Na O S Sb Se Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCovellite
DevillineDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGypsumLinariteNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetradymiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diopside  (*)Elyite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hawleyite  (*)Hessite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kawazulite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Paratellurite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1241704489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12417042734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612417041633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61241704359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12417044979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12417045707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124170427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12417043531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12417044165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1241704366
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O124170485
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124170424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12417047437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1241704717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12417046890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS062
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1241704804
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S124170486
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se032
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1241704593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21241704987
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO2124170420
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124170439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124170461156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1241704292
Silver  (*)CopperAg12417045186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124170421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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