Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Volcano Peak, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.5

mindat Locality ID: 246791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Volcano Peak, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Champion-Anderson Group
SFS Cu Deposit (Longshot Ridge; Luning)

Latitude: 38°30'43"N
Longitude: 118°6'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.511944444444,-118.10166666667

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Rhodonite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Titanite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*	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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Rhodonite Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Titanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	2	239185,239188	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	239187	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145.5	65.5	2	239187,239188	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	239186	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	145.5	65.5	1	239189	363
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145.5	65.5	2	239185,239189	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	239185,239187	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	239187	8173
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	239185,239186	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	239186	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	3	239185,239186,239188	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	239187	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	239186	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145.5	65.5	2	239187,239188	39462
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	239187	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	239187	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	239187	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	239187	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	239187	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00645	145.5	65.5	Cretaceous?									Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	227976	SFS Cu Deposit (Longshot Ridge; Luning), Volcano Peak, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA	SFS	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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