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Locality Name:
Shoshone District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shoshone District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Canary Yellow Mine
East Everit Mine
Hill Top Mine
Indian Queen Claim
Lone Buck Mine
Lookout Mine
Minerva Mine
Oriole Mine
Silver Bell Mine
The Chief Mine (Scheelite Chief Mine)
Tony Mine
West Everit Mine
Zigzag Mine

Latitude: 38°48'15"N
Longitude: 114°20'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.804166666667,-114.34888888889
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu H Mo O Pb S Sb Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mo S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BismutiteDescloiziteMolybdeniteNoneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteStibniteTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312416481935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1241648716
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12416481382
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1241648378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2241645,24164824243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1241648494
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210241640,241641,241642,241644,241647,241648,241649,241650,241651,24165261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)10241640,241641,241642,241644,241647,241648,241649,241650,241651,2416524894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132241646,2416485317


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