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Locality Name:
Goodsprings, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1258.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 211

mindat Locality ID: 251889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goodsprings, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alice Mine (Yellow Pine Extension Mine; Green Mountain Mine)
Columbia Mine (Josephine Claim)
Green Copper Mine
Lavina Mine
Middlesex Mine
Yellow Pine Mine (Yellow Pine Lead Zinc Mine; Hilo; Radio; Como; Hermes)

Latitude: 35°50'37"N
Longitude: 115°29'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.843611111111,-115.48444444444
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: Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClay
CopperDescloiziteFeldsparFornaciteGarnetKaoliniteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteVivianite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)335921112353801534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3592114235377,235382,235383,2353842734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3592111235382445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35921112353843250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63592112235377,235382919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23592113235377,235378,2353795509
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)63592112235382,235384132
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435921112353785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3592114235378,235380,235383,23538427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)63592111235382359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3592114235377,235382,235383,2353844979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3592113235377,235378,2353795707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2359211123537827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3592113235378,235379,2353823531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3593182235378,2353822600
Copper  (*)CopperCu35921112353783846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35921112353782970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)3592112235382,235384378
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O3592112235378,235379164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23592113235378,235382,2353849895
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)359211123537785
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3592116235377,235380,235381,235382,235383,23538424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu359211123538030554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3592113235377,235382,2353841689
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)3592113235378,235379,235382111
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63592116235377,235381,235382,235383,235384,2353851066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635921112353822228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43592112235382,2353845591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23592111235382987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23592113235378,235379,23538212537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3592112235382,2353841107
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)359211123537717
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3592112235380,235382492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3592113235377,235382,2353842349
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO23592111235382158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63592112235382,235384477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23592112235380,23538239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3592112235377,2353821725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2359211123538061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)23592111235382454
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs23592111235378317
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35921112353821153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3592114235377,235382,235383,2353842473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359211123538221482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)3592111235380446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33592112235380,2353823418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3592112235378,2353821101
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl3592111235384605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO435921112353771655


13 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
Hg-00036359318 ?-? Host rock    YesCinnabar, Perroudite, PotariteHg3888Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA Church et al. (2005)10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.04.012ESR73_323 
Kristen002203213.2211212.1±1.1206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002204213.6211.8212.7±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002205214.5212.5213.5±1206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002206216.2214.4215.3±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002207216.5214.7215.6±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002208218.8215.8217.3±1.5206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002209220.3218.3219.3±1206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002210221.1217.7219.4±1.7206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002211224.1222.5223.3±0.8206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002212225.6222.8224.2±1.4206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen002213229.9228.1229±0.9206Pb/238U zircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 
Kristen0022141258.41243.21250.8±7.6206Pb/238U lowzircon  YesZircon  61559Golden Chariot Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAGolden Chariot Mine AreaVikre et al. (2011)10.2113/econgeo.106.3.381EG106_381 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050382Goodsprings, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050382

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