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Locality Name:
Arabia District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36728
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36728.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arabia District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Arabia Mine
Aztec Mine
Bottomley Mine
Copley Deposit
Electric Mine
Jaxrace Jewel Prospect
Jersey Mine
Last Chance Mine
Mohawk Mine
Montezuma Mine
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Unnamed Prospect (3)
Unnamed Prospect (4)
West Group (C. W. And G. D. B. Claims)
West Springs Mine

Latitude: 40°21'46"N
Longitude: 118°23'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.362777777778,-118.39194444444
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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe H O Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlore
QuartzRutileStibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5240465,240466,240471,240474,2404809052
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O76240466,240469,240471,240474,240478,240480450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3240469,240471,24047427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4240466,240471,240474,2404804979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124047427198
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4240466,240471,240474,2404806890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S145240466,240469,240471,240474,240480784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62240465,2404742228
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65240466,240469,240471,240474,240480477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22240465,24047439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27240466,240467,240469,240471,240474,240478,24048061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512404741516
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1240480446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312404673418
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4066


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050546Arabia District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050546

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