Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rain Mine, Carlin District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29499.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rain Mine, Carlin District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
B J Hill Deposit
Gnome Deposit
Saddle Deposit
Snow Peak Deposit
Tess Deposit

Latitude: 40°36'19"N
Longitude: 116°'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.605277777778,-116.01611111111

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.

Alunite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Leucophosphite	Lipscombite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite	Sulphur	Turquoise	Wavellite

Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Crandallite ()*	Dussertite ()*	Faustite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Lipscombite ()*	Mansfieldite ()*	Metavariscite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Planerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Turquoise ()*
Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Hg K O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O P S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Gypsum
Kaolinite Leucophosphite Lipscombite Mica None Not in a structural group Orpiment Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite Sulphur Turquoise Wavellite

32 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	0		966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	0		194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	235704	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0		2600
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		310
Dussertite ()*	Alunite	BaFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		33
Faustite ()*	Turquoise	ZnAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		24
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	235704	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	0		110
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	0		47
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O	0		42
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	0		27
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	0		511
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		43
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	235704	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0		712
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	0		1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	0		301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	0		374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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