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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

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 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: 
AllaniteAragoniteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteGypsumMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteTitaniteVesuvianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nitratine  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2241667,241669706
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12416633250
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21241667606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812416674286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124166327770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212416639895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12416698173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22241665,2416679617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124167024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12416636890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl12416631398
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124166717380
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)124166391
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1241667326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124166739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22241667,24166961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12416674894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12416676417
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12416694899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395



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