Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meadow Lake District, Nevada Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209233
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209233.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meadow Lake District, Nevada Co., California, USA": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Baltimore Town
Hercules Mine
Old Man Mountain
Signal Peak
Summit City

Latitude: 39°22'16"N
Longitude: 120°31'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.371111111111,-120.52305555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite
Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bieberite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Epidote Feldspar Malachite
Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	165784,165786,165800	9052
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	165786	50
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	165784,165793	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	165754,165771,165793,165798,165799	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	3	165771,165786,165794	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	165800	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	165775,165800	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	165783	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	28	165748,165753,165755,165756,165757,165760,165763,165764,165765,165766,165775,165776,165781,165782,165783,165784,165785,165786,165787,165788,165789,165790,165791,165792,165795,165796,165797,165800	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	165793,165798	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	165772,165783	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	0		494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	165764,165784,165786,165793,165798,165799	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27	165748,165753,165754,165755,165756,165757,165760,165763,165764,165765,165766,165770,165774,165775,165776,165781,165782,165784,165788,165789,165790,165791,165792,165793,165795,165796,165797	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	165784,165786	1153
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	0		531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	165754,165786,165800	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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