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Locality Name:
Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 116
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 14193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 369
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 325

Number of Child Localities: 48
Child Localities:
Alkali Spring Valley District
Alum District
Basalt District
Black Horse District
Buena Vista District
Candelaria District (Columbus District)
Clayton Valley
Coaldale District
Columbus Marsh District
Congress Prospect
Crow Springs District
Cuprite District
Diamondfield District
Divide District
Dunnigan Prospect
Dyer District
Fish Lake Marsh
Fish Lake Valley
Fish Lake Valley District
Florence Prospect
Gaillac Prospect
Gilbert District
Gold Point District
Goldfield District
Good Hope District
Klondyke District
Lida District
Lone Mountain District
McLean Mine
Montezuma District
Palmetto District
Railroad Springs District
Red Mountain District
Rhodes Marsh
Rhyolite Ridge Li-B Deposit (North Basin Deposit; South Basin Deposit; Cave Springs Borax Prospect)
Rock Hill District
Royston District
Silver Peak District
Silver Peak Production Site (Silver Peak Marsh; Clayton Valley)
Silver Peak Range
Sylvania District
Tokop District
Tonopah District
Tule Canyon District
Volcanic Hills
Weepah District
White Mts
Windypah District

Latitude: 37°49'16"N
Longitude: 117°40'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.821111111111,-117.6675
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg I K Li Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Ca H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAlumAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatite
AphthitaliteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryteBerylBismutite
BrochantiteCalcioferriteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChenevixiteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCompreignaciteConnelliteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCoronaditeCorundumCovellite
CyanotrichiteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteFornacite
GarnetGermaniteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMatlockiteMelanterite
MeloniteMeneghiniteMeta-autuniteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteMordeniteNadoriteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideritePhosphosideritePhosphuranylitePolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileRömeriteScheeliteSepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StarkeyiteStibniteSulphurSyngeniteTalcTetrahedriteTobermoriteTurquoiseTyroliteVesuvianite
WavelliteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

222 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Nd)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Aikinite  (*)
Alum-(K)  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aphthitalite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)Beyerite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Blakeite  (*)Boleite  (*)Borax  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Buddingtonite  (*)Buttgenbachite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chenevixite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Colemanite  (*)
Colusite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Creaseyite  (*)
Creedite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Famatinite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Gaylussite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hectorite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Kuramite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Linarite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Mackayite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mendozite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metavariscite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Niter  (*)Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Perite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Phoenicochroite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Phurcalite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Powellite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rameauite  (*)Römerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schuetteite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Searlesite  (*)
Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sonoraite  (*)
Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stetefeldtite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Strengite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Syngenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Thorite  (*)Tincalconite  (*)
Tobermorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triangulite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Ulexite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Witherite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zálesíite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12236645,236651,236655,236659,236692,236800,236825,236828,236830,236831,236833,2368902793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)3236823,236824,236948254
Agardite-(Nd)  (*)MixiteNdCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O2236823,23682418
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O123682390
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS34236596,236876,236893,236938315
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O2236587,23686992
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)624236639,236640,236641,236643,236665,236714,236717,236720,236728,236729,236731,236732,236735,236736,236737,236741,236742,236747,236748,236749,236750,236757,236760,236799966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O4236714,236720,236741,236747272
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2236624,2368681627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212367142162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312369461534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11610.210236692,236718,236756,236771,236789,236843,236863,236890,236942,2369482734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)7.26.63236692,236732,2368731588
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41236714708
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41236942246
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)27.26.6123687377
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12369483250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O1236948194
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31236637231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS91853236637,236849,2369419052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)34236627,236839,236843,236942544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)611614.44236785,236788,236839,236942919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)2236823,23694871
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2236626,2369071272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211610.214236636,236637,236639,236659,236700,236771,236780,236781,236788,236789,236800,236804,236806,2369075509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11614.427236592,236593,236594,236610,236622,236632,236667,236673,236737,236738,236741,236749,236760,236764,236794,236810,236815,236825,236828,236831,236835,236841,236857,236875,236943,236947,23695311547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21236942172
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812368924286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62236843,236948413
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2123693896
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72236685,236845450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O34236720,236747,236760,236893214
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl5236720,236731,236745,236747,23676071
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S315236720,236729,236731,236732,236735,236736,236737,236742,236747,236748,236749,236753,236755,236760,2368541935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2236876,236938716
Blakeite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3 (?)3236728,236735,2367374
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)482236604,23684365
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O4236631,236662,236663,23683476
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS410610.24236590,236714,236720,2367715516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)64236604,236616,236839,2369421633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr2236699,236817227
Buddingtonite  (*)Feldspar(NH4)(AlSi3)O82236633,23663927
Buttgenbachite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(NO3)2Cl8(OH)62·nH2O123662813
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe22236730,236763361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11610.234236656,236692,236697,236714,236740,236770,236773,236780,236781,236783,236785,236788,236811,236814,236816,236817,236820,236825,236828,236831,236833,236835,236843,236866,236868,236875,236878,236881,236884,236894,236895,236897,236942,23694627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61236942359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)23236685,236942,236948178
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12366201184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212367145171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11610.224236647,236652,236692,236699,236700,236703,236707,236718,236756,236771,236778,236779,236785,236788,236789,236797,236800,236815,236839,236843,236863,236890,236942,2369484979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O491852236681,236849352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4236639,236700,236745,2368005707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1236942194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211614.430236590,236600,236636,236637,236639,236647,236650,236651,236655,236685,236696,236700,236716,236720,236737,236748,236760,236783,236784,236795,236801,236804,236806,236807,236831,236836,236842,236901,236906,23694827198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS21236714162
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2123694290
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11610.219236644,236645,236646,236650,236655,236659,236692,236699,236707,236712,236752,236771,236780,236785,236800,236839,236849,236890,2369421382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11610.211236639,236770,236772,236779,236780,236784,236788,236792,236885,236942,2369443531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS21236587,236640,236660,236665,236666,236667,236668,236669,236670,236671,236673,236674,236675,236676,236678,236686,236695,236714,236805,236849,2368572600
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O1160.010144
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S161236714110
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)4236823,236824,236839,236948363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O4236604,236627,236839,236942295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O2236616,236761382
Copper  (*)CopperCu5236637,236714,236769,236800,2368313846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O6236616,236720,236741,236747,236761,236780136
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41236942175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10610.23236685,236771,2369014165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61236604310
Creaseyite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O123671327
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O3236604,236839,23684348
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4236616,236639,236780,2367822970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2123678067
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)21236942179
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2236604,236839378
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)4236729,236757,236760,236767481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41236639651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S10610.212367711027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612366974135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22236816,2368359895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)5236604,236839,236843,236942,236948220
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O6236643,236714,236728,236735,236737,23673834
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS21236714246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS411614.46236723,236724,236732,236754,236766,236785910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)7236590,236685,236697,236880,236930,236931,2369468173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1236616484
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O62236921,236950414
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS416236717,236720,236728,236729,236732,236734,236735,236736,236737,236741,236742,236747,236748,236749,236753,236760163
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O4236655,236707,236711,236842345
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1236616107
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3236604,236655,2367992740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF214236599,236601,236603,236679,236700,236828,236839,236840,236842,236843,236868,236876,236921,2369299617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)2236604,23661185
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11610.255236597,236600,236611,236639,236646,236647,236650,236653,236655,236659,236685,236699,236700,236701,236707,236715,236729,236736,236752,236759,236769,236771,236775,236780,236781,236785,236787,236788,236789,236792,236800,236801,236804,236806,236810,236815,236825,236831,236849,236851,236853,236856,236860,236863,236867,236870,236872,236877,236880,236890,236906,236908,236927,236943,23694624243
Gaylussite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O123666257
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5236738,236750,236799,236839,2368637437
Gold  (*)CopperAu10610.262236632,236641,236643,236644,236646,236647,236656,236682,236686,236687,236688,236691,236693,236694,236696,236699,236700,236701,236710,236720,236723,236728,236729,236730,236731,236735,236737,236742,236745,236747,236748,236749,236750,236753,236755,236760,236771,236772,236774,236780,236807,236810,236819,236825,236849,236850,236863,236876,236883,236886,236900,236901,236908,236912,236919,236921,236932,236933,236935,236937,236948,23695130554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S136236728,236729,236737,236742,236748,23675372
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312369461544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1166.612236587,236617,236675,236692,236714,236720,236734,236735,236788,236843,236873,2369306890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl7.26.63236585,236631,2368731398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O4236720,236741,236747,236761409
Hectorite  (*)ClayNa0.3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(F,OH)2·nH2O7.26.6123687319
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61236946741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310610.26236659,236666,236714,236746,236774,23683714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11614.412236604,236692,236788,236792,236797,236817,236823,236839,236843,236890,236942,2369441689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2236714,236737804
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161236828243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)3236616,236876,236891469
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1236612367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611614.43236699,236785,2367881066
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)1236936123
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI5236720,236731,236745,236747,236760180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)610610.210236590,236612,236686,236737,236757,236779,236799,236823,236930,2369482228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4918519236596,236609,236639,236644,236714,236717,236720,236732,236734,236735,236741,236747,236748,236749,236750,236760,236849,236897,2369265591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21236665230
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)2236616,23665553
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6123693880
Kuramite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SnS4123671412
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O1236942149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)291853236849,236942,236948987
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS44236714,236749,236755,236760198
Mackayite  (*)NoneFe3+Te4+2O5(OH)5236728,236735,236737,236738,23673912
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11614.412367961487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42236837,23694614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211610.233236616,236635,236636,236637,236639,236647,236659,236661,236681,236700,236714,236762,236768,236770,236779,236780,236781,236785,236787,236788,236797,236800,236801,236804,236806,236815,236823,236839,236851,236900,236906,236907,23694812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS27236720,236723,236728,236729,236737,236741,2367485674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO2236707,236721202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O8236720,236729,236737,236741,236747,236758,236780,236934915
Mendozite  (*)NoneNaAl(SO4)2·11H2O123666228
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O5236619,236620,236906,236907,236952388
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O2236604,23661327
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2236858,2368714924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl6236604,236839,236843,236938,236942,2369481107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1236839168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211614.421236590,236591,236636,236645,236650,236655,236685,236690,236700,236714,236743,236784,236785,236795,236842,236843,236880,236885,236890,236930,2369345800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO32236655,236700140
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)123683917
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O123660744
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O8236617,236714,236749,236760,236840,236878,236895,2368971508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1236765405
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2236604,236611362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215236590,236651,236655,236685,236714,236734,236809,236818,236821,236842,236871,236881,236895,236897,23692217380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)66236714,236717,236720,236722,236737,236747128
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61236681254
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1236869181
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1236946471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3236604,236839,236942492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O16236617,236640,236665,236666,236668,236669,236671,236674,236676,236714,236805,236826,236835,236875,236923,2369252994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3236664,236850,2369182349
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61236942158
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O1236942105
Perite  (*)NadoritePbBiO2Cl123693827
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe22236714,236737409
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2236685,236942428
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)2236604,23661135
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O1236626182
Phurcalite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7H2O123661620
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1236587265
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611614.41236790477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1236728716
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O1236587102
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)7236590,236591,236645,236655,236707,236711,236880494
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS311614.41236785733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33236651,236692,2368901425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211614.463236590,236600,236622,236637,236639,236644,236645,236650,236651,236656,236671,236685,236686,236688,236700,236714,236719,236720,236729,236732,236734,236735,236736,236737,236740,236741,236743,236747,236748,236749,236752,236753,236759,236760,236762,236764,236780,236781,236783,236787,236788,236789,236795,236800,236805,236842,236849,236853,236857,236860,236863,236872,236876,236880,236890,236891,236901,236906,236927,236930,236934,236943,23695139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO25236639,236658,236680,236683,2368263106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl5236647,236652,236718,236756,2368981725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21236714771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21160.01135236590,236591,236596,236597,236600,236604,236608,236611,236616,236617,236619,236622,236628,236637,236639,236641,236644,236645,236647,236651,236654,236655,236656,236658,236659,236660,236665,236666,236667,236669,236670,236671,236673,236675,236677,236679,236682,236683,236685,236686,236687,236688,236691,236692,236693,236694,236696,236697,236698,236699,236700,236711,236713,236714,236717,236719,236720,236729,236732,236735,236736,236737,236741,236742,236743,236747,236748,236749,236750,236753,236760,236762,236769,236771,236772,236775,236777,236780,236781,236783,236785,236792,236795,236800,236803,236805,236809,236810,236811,236813,236815,236816,236818,236820,236821,236823,236825,236826,236827,236831,236833,236835,236839,236840,236842,236843,236845,236849,236850,236853,236857,236858,236860,236863,236864,236866,236868,236871,236872,236876,236878,236881,236890,236894,236895,236897,236901,236910,236911,236918,236922,236927,236934,236939,23695161156
Rameauite  (*)CompreignaciteK2Ca(UO2)6O6(OH)4·6H2O12368354
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O1236740115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)211614.43236611,236788,236817454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O4236720,236741,236747,236761293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24236720,236729,236921,2369375614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81236950353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)15236590,236591,236685,236839,236842,236843,236844,236876,236880,236882,236890,236891,236902,236906,2369294894
Schuetteite  (*)NoneHg3O2(SO4)002236665,23667821
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3236637,236942,2369481153
Searlesite  (*)NoneNaBSi2O5(OH)24236616,236631,236835,23687534
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1236835241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)91853236825,236849,2369076417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2236731,2368395186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11614.46236692,236784,236790,236792,236890,2369422473
Sonoraite  (*)NoneFe3+(Te4+O3)(OH)·H2O2236737,23673811
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O2236616,236942105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11614.424236611,236650,236685,236703,236716,236720,236734,236736,236737,236738,236745,236748,236752,236755,236780,236781,236785,236789,236833,236842,236863,236880,236890,23694621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42236655,236714586
Stetefeldtite  (*)PyrochloreAg2Sb2(O,OH)710610.23236698,236771,23685122
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2236673,236843446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S391858236637,236651,236673,236685,236686,236692,236764,2368493418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O2236613,236799263
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS10610.22236659,236771332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS10610.27236587,236639,236675,236771,236849,236909,2369102045
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe42236714,236737337
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O7.26.6123687344
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211614.419236785,236811,236812,236813,236816,236820,236849,236878,236879,236880,236881,236882,236884,236887,236888,236891,236894,236895,2368973337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO25236728,236734,236735,236737,23673852
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe2236728,236737190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312367321803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11614.44236639,236784,236787,2367921101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310236611,236650,236655,236685,236716,236720,236737,236748,236839,2369225317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1236834299
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12369211006
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O2236631,23666229
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)1236714114
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211614.44236785,236813,236839,2368812562
Triangulite  (*)NoneAl3(UO2)4(PO4)4(OH)5·5H2O12368352
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O11610.224236604,236606,236607,236608,236609,236618,236621,236623,236625,236629,236630,236634,236636,236638,236684,236685,236714,236777,236786,236787,236793,236838,236847,236848484
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O2236839,236942245
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O5236631,236662,236663,236834,236835160
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2236648,236649605
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O13236604,236606,236607,236609,236613,236621,236625,236629,236630,236634,236636,236684,236767301
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102236590,2366971395
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1236842374
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)11614.41236794251
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311614.44236689,236697,236785,2369411247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411610.213236604,236611,236654,236707,236772,236785,236797,236815,236843,236885,236890,236938,2369481655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS2236737,236738372
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1236921939
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O123682384
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12369215251


10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00018010.810.210.5±0.3K-Ar sanidineK-1  Sanidine  36749Klondyke District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USAKlondike Minig DistrictSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen000181106102104±2K-Ar muscoviteMg-1  Muscovite  36749Klondyke District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USAKlondike Minig DistrictSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen00018272.569.771.1±1.4K-Ar muscoviteSPR-1  Muscovite  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen00018370.667.869.2±1.4K-Ar biotiteSPR-1A    36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen000184116110113±3K-Ar hornblendeGB-1    36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen00018525.318.922.1±3.2fission track zirconGRP-1  Zircon  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen0001861514.414.7±0.3K-Arhydrothermal alteration agesanidineMiller-1  Sanidine  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Bradley_2012_134918588±3U/Pb zircon   Zircon  60893Unnamed Pegmatite, Mineral Ridge, Silver Peak District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USACuster GulchMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Scott-BRSGBFC1_420-00017.26.66.9±0.3K-ArAge of deposition      36758Silver Peak Production Site (Silver Peak Marsh; Clayton Valley), Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USAClayton ValleyDavis and Vine (1979) BRSGBFC1_420 
NAVDAT-60835.30.012.66+2.64/-2.65   6083    3896AJA Quarry, Volcanic Hills, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110021Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110021
R110023Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110023

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