Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Betty O'Neal Mine, Lewis District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 59913
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59913.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Betty O'Neal Mine, Lewis District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Estella Vein
Nebraska Vein

Latitude: 40°27'18"N
Longitude: 116°53'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.455,-116.88888888889

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Covellite	Devilline	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Covellite Devilline Gypsum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	0		246
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	238087,238088	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	238087	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	238087	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	238087	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	0		716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	238087	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	238087	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	238087	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	0		292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	238087	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	238087	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	238087	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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