Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tokop District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36760
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36760.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tokop District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Alberto Mine
Gold Mountain
Hidden Mine
Huson Mine
Oriental Mine
Randolph Mine
Red Rock Claims
Silver Moon Mine
Silver Mountain Mine
Slate Ridge
Susan Prospect
Treasure Mine
Tule Canyon

Latitude: 37°16'57"N
Longitude: 117°18'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.2825,-117.30722222222

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.

Apatite	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite
Meta-autunite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sulphur	Zircon

Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Thorite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl O P Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Malachite
Meta-autunite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sulphur Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	236907	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	236907	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	236901,236906	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	236901	4165
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	236921	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	236921	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	236906,236908	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	236900,236901,236908,236912,236919,236921	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	236900,236906,236907	12537
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	236906,236907	388
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	236918	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	236901,236906	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	236901,236910,236911,236918	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	236921	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	236902,236906	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	236907	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	236909,236910	2045
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	236921	1006
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	236921	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	236921	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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