Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alunite District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alunite District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alunite Mine
Blue Quartz Mine
Lagarto Mine (Gordon Barite; River Mtns. Prospect)
Quo Vadis Mine (Farmers Group Of Claims)
Railroad Deposit (Railroad Pass Deposit; Alunite Deposit)
Searway Prospect
Silver Bell Group (Lucky Group; Sunrise Group; Morning Star Group)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (1)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (2)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (3)

Latitude: 35°58'15"N
Longitude: 114°54'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.970833333333,-114.91388888889

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.

Adelite	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Fornacite	Gypsum	Malachite
Murdochite	None	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Voltaite

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Creaseyite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Murdochite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Voltaite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Fornacite Gypsum Malachite
Murdochite None Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Voltaite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	235022,235025,235029	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	235023,235024,235025,235027	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	235025	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	235023,235025	27198
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	235025	363
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O	1	235025	27
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	235025	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	235023	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	235025	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	235024	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	235023	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	235023,235025	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	235025	1107
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	1	235025	34
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	235023,235025	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	235022,235023,235024,235025	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	235025	4894
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	0		111
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	235025	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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