Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fish Lake Valley District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 60754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60754.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fish Lake Valley District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
B&B Mine
Buckskin Mine
Container Mine
Crimson Crown Mine
F & L Mine
Lucky Prospect (Red Cloud Prospect)
McNutt Mine
Mollini Mine
Red Rock Mine
Red Rose Mine
Rieck Property
Sundown Mine
Volcanic Hills
Wild Rose Mine (Mount Montgomery Mine)

Latitude: 37°52'55"N
Longitude: 118°15'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.881944444444,-118.25805555556

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Stibnite
Sulphur

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kermesite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schuetteite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Ba Ca Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Corundum Feldspar Gypsum None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Stibnite
Sulphur

14 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	236665	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	236667,236673	11547
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			12	236665,236666,236667,236668,236669,236670,236671,236673,236674,236675,236676,236678	2600
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	236675	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	236666	14640
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	236665	230
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			7	236665,236666,236668,236669,236671,236674,236676	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	236671	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	236665,236666,236667,236669,236670,236671,236673,236675,236677	61156
Schuetteite ()*	None	Hg₃O₂(SO₄)	0	0	2	236665,236678	21
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	236673	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	236673	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	236675	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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