Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Jackson Mountains District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackson Mountains District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Black Jack Mine
Iron King Mine (DeLong Mine)
Jackson Prospect
Red Bird Mine
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 41°18'20"N
Longitude: 118°25'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.305555555556,-118.42277777778

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.

Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Spinel

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 C Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	237351	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	237351	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	237351	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	237351	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	237348	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	237348	1756
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	237347,237348,237349	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	237347,237348,237349,237350	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	237348	5674
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	237348	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	237348	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	237348	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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