Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Snake Range, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 65328
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65328.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Snake Range, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cathedral Cave
Mount Washington District (Lincoln District)

Latitude: 39°7'25"N
Longitude: 114°12'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.123611111111,-114.215

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.

Allanite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na O Pb S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Mica
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Titanite Vesuvianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	241667,241669	706
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	241663	3250
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	241667	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	241667	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	241663	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	241663	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	241669	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	241665,241667	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	241670	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	241663	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	241663	1398
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	241667	17380
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	241663	91
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	241667	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	241667	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	241667,241669	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	241667	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	241667	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	241669	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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