Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Las Vegas District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 12.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 9.7

mindat Locality ID: 36554
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36554.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Vegas District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Boulder City Deposit
East Rainbow Gardens Deposit
Ebony Queen Prospect
Fannie Ryan Deposit
Frenchman Mine (Johnnie Stump Mine?)
Frenchman Mountain
Lake Las Vegas Basalt Outcrop
Las Vegas Wash Placer
Little Hal (Steve Nos. 1 & 11 Claims)
North Rainbow Gardens Deposit
Red Chief Claim
Sullivan Mine (Yellow Diamond Mine)
Three Kids Deposit (Manganese Inc. Mine)
Unnamed Deposit
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Unnamed Prospect (3)
White Eagle Mine

Latitude: 36°5'42"N
Longitude: 114°54'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.095,-114.90388888889

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.

Allophane	Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Gypsum	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Thomsonite	Turquoise

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hectorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Manganite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Aragonite Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum
Gypsum Harmotome Kaolinite Mica Natrolite None Quartz Rutile Thomsonite Turquoise

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	235165	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	235165,235171	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	235165,235171	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	235171	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O			1	235165	310
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	12.8	9.7	0		1756
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	235171	227
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O			1	235165	84
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	235171	599
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	235166	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			7	235159,235160,235161,235168,235171,235176,235180	6890
Hectorite ()*	Clay	Na_0.3(Mg,Li)₃Si₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂·nH₂O	12.8	9.7	1	235164	19
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	235171	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	235171	243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	235159,235171	5591
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	235171	770
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	235165	425
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)			1	235171	186
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	235165	75
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	235161,235171	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	235159,235161,235171	61156
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	235165	452
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	235170	484

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000459	12.6	11.2	11.9±0.7	K-Ar			UAKA-65-01		63992	Frenchman Mountain, Las Vegas District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA	Frenchman Mountains	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000460	12.1	10.3	11.2±0.9	K-Ar			UAKA-66-05		63992	Frenchman Mountain, Las Vegas District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA	Frenchman Mountains	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Scott-NIMM56_30-0001	12.8	11	11.9±0.9	Fission Track	Age of deposition	zircon		Zircon	63992	Frenchman Mountain, Las Vegas District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA	Frenchman Mountain	Koski et al. (1990)	NIMM56_30
Scott-NIMM56_30-0002	11.5	9.7	10.6±0.9	Fission Track	Age of deposition	zircon		Zircon	63992	Frenchman Mountain, Las Vegas District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA	Frenchman Mountain	Koski et al. (1990)	NIMM56_30

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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