Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Peavine District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37204
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37204.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peavine District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Black Eagle Mine
Black Panther Mine
Consolidated Peavine Mine
Copperfield
Dogskin Mountain Mine
Fravel Mines
Granite Peak Area
Gray Copper Standard Mine
Hungry Valley
Los Angeles Mine
Mazy Mine
Mortensen And Wall Mine
Nevada Central Mine
Nevada Industrial Placer
Peavine Creek Area
Peavine Peak (Peavine Mountain)
Peavine Sequence
Raleigh Heights
Recall Prospect
Reno Mizpah
Ritters Mine
Standard Metals Mine
Sylvanite Mine
Votaw Property

Latitude: 39°35'50"N
Longitude: 119°54'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.597222222222,-119.90277777778

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline	Tyrolite	Wurtzite

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 As Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Sb Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline Tyrolite Wurtzite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chalcostibite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dravite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyrolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	241199,241200,241224	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	241196,241217	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	241196,241217	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	241205	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		58
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	241202	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	241194,241196,241197,241206,241214,241225	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	241202	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	241199,241200,241209,241217,241224	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	241196	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	6	241194,241196,241197,241206,241214,241225	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	241215	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	241196,241204,241209,241214	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	0		162
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0		2600
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	0		127
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	0		481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		651
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	0		300
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		648
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	7	241193,241199,241200,241202,241203,241211,241224	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	241196,241217	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	241216	271
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	241199,241200,241204,241207,241211,241224	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	241194,241197,241206,241208,241210,241214,241222,241225	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	241192	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	241209	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0		409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	241196,241223	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	241196,241216	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	241196,241202	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	241196	139
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	241196	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	241209	17380
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	241217	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	241196,241199,241200,241204,241207,241210,241211,241214,241220,241222,241224	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	241194,241196,241197,241199,241200,241202,241203,241206,241207,241209,241211,241220,241224,241225,241226	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	0		293
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	6	241194,241197,241202,241206,241214,241225	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	241199,241200,241204,241207,241211,241224	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	241204	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	241215	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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