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Locality Name:
Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.52

mindat Locality ID: 14361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 479
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 422

Number of Child Localities: 55
Child Localities:
Ashby District
Aurora District
Basalt District
Bell District
Benway District
Black Horse District
Borealis District
Broken Hills District
Buckley District
Buena Vista District
Calico Hills District
Candelaria District
Double Springs Marsh
Eagleville District
Eastside District
Excelsior Mts
Fairplay District
Fishlake Valley
Fitting District
Gabbs Valley Range
Garfield District
Gillis Range
Hawthorne
Hawthorne District (Pamlico District)
Holy Cross District
Huntoon District
King District
Kinkaid Siding
Leonard District
Lucky Boy District
Lucky Four Mine
Luning Area
Luning Area (3)
Luning Area (East Of)
Marietta District
Masonic District
Mount Grant District
Mountain View District
Pilot Mts
Poinsettia District
Queens
Rand District
Rawhide District
Red Ridge District
Regan Mine
Rhodes Marsh (Virginia Marsh)
Silver Peak District
Silver Star District
Soda Springs Valley
Sodaville District
Sulphide District
Teels Marsh
Unnamed Prospect
Washington District
Whisky Flat District

Latitude: 38°32'48"N
Longitude: 118°20'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.546666666667,-118.33666666667
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 Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg I K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
ArsenicArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteArthuriteArtiniteAutuniteAxiniteBaryteBeryl
BismutiteBixbyiteBournoniteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteBruciteCalcioferriteCalciteCaledoniteCarminite
CeriteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChenevixiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteConnellite
CopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDescloiziteDiasporeDumortieriteEnargiteEpidote
FairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGilmariteGypsumJahnsiteJalpaiteKaoliniteLaueite
LinariteLudwigiteMadociteMalachiteMeloniteMeta-autuniteMicaMiniumMixiteMolybdenite
MonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentOveriteOwyheeitePalygorskitePerovskitePharmacosiderite
PhenakitePhosphosideritePolybasitePost-spinelPrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RhabdophaneRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
SulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineTridymiteTurquoiseVesuvianite
VivianiteWalentaiteWavelliteWeberiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

272 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Nd)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)
Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Artinite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Austinite  (*)Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mg)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Beidellite  (*)Beryl  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)
Borax  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Brucite  (*)Burkeite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Calomel  (*)Carminite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Collinsite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryolite  (*)Cryolithionite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Dussertite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Elpasolite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Eriochalcite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluorwavellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gaylussite  (*)Gilmarite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gordonite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grayite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hambergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Huttonite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Nováčekite-I  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kawazulite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Ludwigite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Marokite  (*)Matildite  (*)Matulaite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metavariscite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montgomeryite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Montroydite  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Natron  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Overite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Oxyplumboroméite  (*)Pachnolite  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Prosopite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Saléeite  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Samsonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Searlesite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Simmonsite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sorbyite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stetefeldtite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Svanbergite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Thomsenolite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Tincalconite  (*)Tinzenite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Trona  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Ulexite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Valentinite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Walentaite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Weberite  (*)Weeksite  (*)
Whiteite-(CaMgMg)  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Yakhontovite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S33238975,239006,239007,239011,239045,239046,239084,239203,239225,239244,239247,239248,239349,239351,239353,239354,239355,239356,239360,239361,239362,239364,239366,239370,239371,239372,239375,239376,239379,239380,239382,239386,2393962793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)28238984,239037,239110,239219,239237,239250,239357,2393593419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)3238996,239156,239396254
Agardite-(Nd)  (*)MixiteNdCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O123899618
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O123899690
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS123937687
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2239111,2394278803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312392192353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)67238969,239006,239125,239264,239349,239355,239359966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12394361627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO56239095,239106,239113,239197,239215,2392201310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)39239080,239110,239145,239171,239239,239257,239273,239289,2393571534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)145.52.5211238969,239005,239006,239040,239045,239057,239145,239203,239216,239248,2392572734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212392443092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3239045,239046,239053445
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42239293,239299246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3239046,239050,2392993250
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6123937658
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)123912524
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O1239137194
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31238996231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3.082.528238983,239006,239040,239045,239050,239052,239057,2391259052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O123912535
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O123912375
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63.082.523238996,239057,239428919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)123899671
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2239098,2391411272
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)23238984,239110,239250260
Axinite-(Mg)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mg2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)22239110,23925012
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2123925088
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2145.565.523238996,239046,239094,239147,239152,239157,239180,239185,239188,239191,239194,239197,239199,239244,239248,239262,239293,239299,239310,239317,239331,239333,2393355509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O1239125150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)25238964,238990,239015,239051,239058,239072,239075,239125,239137,239174,239214,239244,239246,239248,239255,239273,239303,239317,239321,239322,239327,239335,239378,239380,23939611547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)22238996,239125172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)61239402132
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O123911185
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812392684286
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)123897366
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63.082.523238996,239057,239125413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O73.082.528238966,238968,239006,239040,239057,239223,239310,239402450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O33.082.522239039,239359214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3239039,239052,2394211966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34239052,239239,239313,2394261935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)5239052,239080,239268,239359,239426716
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O31239045104
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O2239393,23943676
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44239145,239187,239299,2394275516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112239006,239045843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS312390451089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611239017,239125,239172,239197,239199,239244,239248,239273,239310,239311,2394021633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr2238975,239201227
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2145.565.52239123,239145462
Burkeite  (*)NoneNa4(SO4)(CO3)123943647
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O2239047,239368280
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21239356361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3.082.5244238984,238991,238996,238999,239021,239037,239046,239057,239080,239111,239151,239156,239164,239168,239183,239211,239219,239234,239244,239248,239254,239299,239304,239305,239307,239310,239315,239317,239318,239320,239321,239322,239323,239327,239334,239335,239338,239346,239355,239357,239403,239432,239433,23943627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)63239199,239359,239396359
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl123932291
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)23.082.523238996,239050,239057178
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O4239198,239213,239388,2393901184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212393965171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3.082.5216238996,239006,239040,239046,239057,239061,239178,239205,239216,239248,239257,239262,239271,239355,239419,2394254979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41239396352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3238969,239299,239333925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4239180,239301,239357,2394275707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O2239045,239046197
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1239431194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2145.52.5240238969,238984,238996,239005,239037,239040,239045,239057,239070,239080,239131,239145,239150,239154,239180,239187,239188,239203,239248,239256,239262,239281,239299,239301,239313,239331,239345,239347,239353,239355,239357,239359,239396,239397,239402,239419,239427,239434,239435,23944027198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)123904531
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2123899690
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3.082.5238239006,239045,239046,239047,239048,239050,239054,239057,239084,239125,239199,239203,239207,239208,239248,239349,239353,239354,239355,239356,239360,239361,239362,239364,239366,239370,239371,239372,239374,239375,239376,239378,239379,239380,239381,239382,239384,2393861382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43239039,239044,2390453902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O27238984,238996,239017,239084,239094,239145,239147,239152,239157,239172,239180,239186,239191,239197,239199,239203,239219,239286,239310,239311,239331,239333,239345,239355,239357,239402,2394173531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS29238993,239028,239030,239036,239103,239125,239304,239306,239307,239308,239310,239317,239318,239319,239320,239321,239322,239323,239327,239330,239334,239335,239338,239344,239363,239378,239380,239383,2393962600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1239003281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812389841756
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O123904038
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O61239111289
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)145.565.510238996,239045,239053,239125,239156,239174,239181,239189,239197,239201363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1239125295
Copper  (*)CopperCu3239154,239293,2392993846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812391131008
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41239125175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162239045,239092227
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O36239095,239106,239113,239215,239218,2392201797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4239006,239045,239357,2393594165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61239040310
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO26.275.131239004453
Cryolite  (*)PerovskiteNa2NaAlF6123911150
Cryolithionite  (*)GarnetNa3Al2(LiF4)312391115
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161239045599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O145.565.514239013,239152,239154,239157,239180,239185,239189,239191,239196,239293,239299,239335,239357,2394172970
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O123927658
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2123923667
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1239254378
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)145.565.54239095,239106,239113,239144481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O67239080,239171,239185,239187,239219,239248,2392634135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26239040,239045,239241,239243,239244,2394369895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2239125,239201220
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O182239106,239113231
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6123912533
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1239111520
Elpasolite  (*)PerovskiteK2NaAlF6123911116
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42239003,239243910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27238984,239037,239078,239080,239090,239110,239113,239117,239145,239151,239168,239187,239211,239219,239234,239237,239240,239241,239243,239248,239250,239295,239315,239316,239346,239355,2393578173
Eriochalcite  (*)NoneCuCl2·2H2O123921113
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3.082.525239039,239047,239057,239116,2391362740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF215238969,238978,239007,239008,239010,239012,239019,239020,239021,239024,239036,239111,239231,239261,2393469617
Fluorwavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O123904026
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS145.52.5236238996,239005,239006,239014,239015,239023,239037,239040,239045,239046,239057,239061,239070,239093,239146,239173,239178,239203,239225,239227,239244,239247,239248,239254,239256,239257,239258,239262,239271,239273,239315,239347,239359,239402,239419,23942024243
Gaylussite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O123943657
Gilmarite  (*)GilmariteCu2+3(AsO4)(OH)312391248
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)21239393137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3238984,239219,2392237437
Gold  (*)CopperAu145.565.554238963,238965,238969,238975,238990,238992,238995,239003,239018,239072,239073,239084,239093,239170,239222,239225,239226,239272,239277,239281,239284,239285,239286,239305,239310,239337,239339,239349,239352,239353,239354,239355,239356,239360,239361,239362,239364,239366,239369,239370,239371,239372,239375,239376,239377,239379,239380,239382,239386,239401,239403,239415,239425,23942730554
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O123904018
Graphite  (*)NoneC12391432812
Grayite  (*)Rhabdophane(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4)·H2O123911117
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1239046717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3145.565.56238984,239110,239145,239212,239316,2393571544
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)123904572
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O8239006,239174,239344,239357,239392,239432,239433,2394366890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl3239069,239393,2394361398
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)123911181
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313239038,239096,239109,239111,239113,239117,239161,239162,239221,239355,239357,239365,23938914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O8238996,239046,239145,239185,239186,239201,239303,2393101689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1239427804
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4123904573
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1239359144
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1239396469
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)123911637
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)2239080,23925057
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)123911156
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1239123341
Nováčekite-I  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O2239100,23910155
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63239186,239303,2393961066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312391115433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)2239347,239350123
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI2239373,239378180
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS21239376116
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143.082.527238966,239006,239040,239045,239057,239205,239223784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63.082.5211238996,239006,239013,239057,239080,239136,239174,239203,239212,239347,2393592228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42239111,2394315591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O3239254,239265,239275198
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se123912032
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21239342230
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412393961507
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O1239125149
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)2239017,239047234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23.082.529239039,239199,239244,239248,239273,239311,239396,239402,239429987
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)2238984,238997134
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)145.565.512391451487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419238984,239037,239080,239096,239097,239109,239111,239117,239122,239161,239162,239221,239252,239267,239295,239365,239389,239396,23943914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2145.565.542238984,238996,239046,239050,239084,239094,239125,239147,239152,239154,239155,239157,239172,239180,239185,239186,239188,239191,239194,239197,239199,239203,239238,239240,239244,239248,239254,239262,239293,239299,239301,239310,239311,239317,239331,239333,239335,239345,239355,239357,239402,23941712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1239045770
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl1239138139
Marokite  (*)Post-spinelCaMn3+2O412390458
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21239003252
Matulaite  (*)NoneFe3+Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O123904510
Mercury  (*)NoneHg145.565.52239093,239303397
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O5239105,239259,239265,239266,239391388
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS4239303,239320,239380,239383255
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O4239100,239101,239265,239276443
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O123904027
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12391114924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2238996,2391251107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41239402247
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O2239393,239436223
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1238996168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS222238984,238990,239006,239023,239037,239079,239080,239187,239196,239267,239288,239313,239315,239331,239333,239346,239347,239350,239357,239359,239427,2394355800
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O2239040,23904744
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O5239006,239140,239326,239393,2394311508
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO123900329
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg3123935924
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)3238984,239242,239342362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212238984,239046,239106,239111,239113,239127,239156,239203,239215,239220,239331,23937617380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3123900367
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61239430254
Natron  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·10H2O123906951
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se2238975,239359192
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1239003633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O4239070,239140,239347,239359471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)8238996,239045,239046,239053,239125,239196,239303,239310492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O5239092,239109,239383,239388,2393902994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32239378,239380511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12389842349
Overite  (*)OveriteCaMgAl(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O2239040,2390475
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28123900689
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb2O7123922333
Pachnolite  (*)NoneNaCaAlF6·H2O123911118
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1239427306
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1239045767
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1239254144
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1239376249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21239427409
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3239046,239050,239125428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1239111326
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1239367260
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63.082.525238996,239005,239006,239057,239125477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1239355716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)4238984,239186,239251,239434494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22239110,2392501898
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)4123911139
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31239006733
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42239017,239156369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS35239006,239244,239248,239355,2393591425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2145.52.5259238963,238969,238979,238995,238996,239003,239006,239028,239037,239040,239045,239046,239047,239050,239057,239079,239080,239113,239131,239145,239146,239147,239154,239170,239174,239183,239187,239188,239203,239223,239232,239239,239241,239244,239248,239256,239262,239267,239281,239299,239301,239304,239305,239306,239313,239321,239327,239331,239333,239338,239344,239353,239355,239357,239402,239419,239427,239434,23944039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23239045,239338,2394323106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2239156,2394191725
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31239111244
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2145.565.59239095,239104,239106,239113,239118,239144,239196,239215,239347771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812390379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23.082.5297238963,238965,238966,238969,238973,238975,238979,238984,238990,238995,238999,239003,239006,239007,239021,239028,239040,239046,239047,239057,239072,239078,239079,239080,239083,239084,239088,239109,239111,239113,239116,239144,239145,239159,239164,239165,239166,239168,239170,239174,239183,239197,239200,239203,239205,239211,239217,239219,239222,239224,239225,239232,239237,239241,239242,239243,239244,239246,239248,239252,239254,239257,239263,239268,239274,239277,239281,239285,239286,239291,239292,239305,239307,239310,239313,239315,239317,239322,239327,239334,239338,239343,239344,239346,239349,239350,239353,239354,239355,239356,239357,239367,239402,239403,239427,239432,23943461156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2239378,239380712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12390471711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1239187969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101239432312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21238996454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212391115614
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)102239100,23910195
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81239025353
Samsonite  (*)NoneAg4MnSb2S63.082.5212390397
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)54238984,238985,238986,239016,239023,239029,239035,239036,239076,239077,239078,239080,239081,239083,239085,239107,239147,239153,239154,239159,239166,239179,239193,239194,239195,239197,239200,239217,239240,239241,239243,239245,239247,239248,239249,239260,239261,239263,239268,239277,239279,239290,239309,239313,239315,239316,239336,239346,239358,239427,239434,239435,239437,2394404894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2239111,2392502705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3.082.522238996,2390571153
Searlesite  (*)NoneNaBSi2O5(OH)2123943634
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)62239125,239223134
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12390466417
Silver  (*)CopperAg9238969,238995,238996,239040,239045,239048,239199,239203,2392485186
Simmonsite  (*)PerovskiteNa2LiAlF612391112
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)5238996,239040,239046,239262,2394192473
Sorbyite  (*)MadocitePb9Cu(Sb,As)11S262239040,2390555
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312391111214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3.082.5223238996,239006,239015,239018,239040,239045,239046,239057,239146,239187,239203,239244,239247,239248,239256,239262,239305,239310,239313,239315,239347,239359,23941921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42239212,2392341934
Stetefeldtite  (*)PyrochloreAg2Sb2(O,OH)73.082.52123903922
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)6238999,239045,239174,239310,239322,239327446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S316238999,239074,239158,239174,239176,239183,239187,239200,239282,239310,239322,239327,239335,239342,239380,2394243418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5239174,239190,239291,239322,2393442045
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)62239106,239113105
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)24239044,239061,239068,2394313337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO6239197,239199,239202,239208,239333,2393551101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133.082.5213238969,238979,239006,239045,239057,239178,239244,239248,239273,239315,239355,239376,2394195317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)3239069,239393,239436299
Thomsenolite  (*)NoneNaCaAlF6·H2O123911123
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)4239099,239108,239111,2391161006
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe123900383
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O2239393,23943629
Tinzenite  (*)AxiniteCa2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2123925024
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4238984,239187,239219,2392944899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22239111,2392151476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2145.565.55239046,239068,239090,239145,2392482562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21239027458
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O3239069,239393,239436129
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O13239042,239043,239047,239049,239302,239325,239326,239328,239329,239331,239340,239347,239422484
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O3239254,239393,239436160
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O6239098,239133,239141,239254,239259,239266890
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O33239310,239322,239327369
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O5239040,239047,239049,239418,239422301
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1239068652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)107238984,239023,239110,239234,239250,239346,2393961395
Walentaite  (*)Walentaite[Mn(H2O)6][   As3+3Fe3+3(PO4)2O7]12391256
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1239047374
Weberite  (*)WeberiteNa2MgAlF7123911113
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O2239254,23943642
Whiteite-(CaMgMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMg3Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O12390401
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61239040104
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33239080,239107,2392391247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO414238984,238996,239015,239046,239094,239144,239145,239187,239206,239210,239254,239314,239355,2393591655
Yakhontovite  (*)Smectite-vermiculite Clay(Ca,Na,K)0.2(Cu,Fe,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·3H2O12391975
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2239111,2391165251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4239132,239171,239234,2393001025


4 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
NAVDAT-183606.275.135.7±0.57  whole rock18360    63653Powell Canyon, Borealis District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-184013.082.522.8±0.28   18401    39396New Potosi Mine (Potosi Mine; Peterson Mine), Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
PorphCu-00654145.565.5Cretaceous?      Chalcopyrite, PyriteCu228009Red Hills Prospect, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USARed HillsSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00645145.565.5Cretaceous?      Chalcopyrite, PyriteCu227976SFS Cu Deposit (Longshot Ridge; Luning), Volcano Peak, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USASFSSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060564Candelaria Silver Mine, Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060564
R060501Dover Claim (Dover Andalusite Mine), Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060501
R080051Zapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080051
R080069Zapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080069
R040074Luning, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R040074

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