Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 252379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Atlanta Cherokee Mine
August Claim
Barnes Mountain Crown Shaft
Clermont Mine (Claremont Mine)
Florence Mine
Frances Mohawk Lease
Goldfield Consolidated Mine
Goldfield Deep Mines
Goldfield Mining And Ore Reduction Co.
Goldfield-Belmont Mine
Jumbo Mine
Laguna Mine
Mohawk Mine
Nevada Eagle Mine
Red Top Mine
Rogers Syndicate Mine (Rustler No. 2 Mine; Rogers Syndicate Lease; Red Hills Shaft)
Silver Pick Shaft
White Rock No. 6 Shaft

Latitude: 37°42'50"N
Longitude: 117°13'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.713888888889,-117.22027777778

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coquimbite	Diaspore	Enargite	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Matlockite	Melanterite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Starkeyite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Blakeite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Emmonsite ()*	Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hessite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Mackayite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natroalunite ()*	Petzite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Römerite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sonoraite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coquimbite Diaspore Enargite Gypsum
Halotrichite Kaolinite Marcasite Matlockite Melanterite Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Sphalerite Stannite Starkeyite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	9	236728,236729,236731,236732,236735,236736,236737,236741,236742	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	236741	272
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	236732	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	236737,236738,236741	11547
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	1	236731	71
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	7	236729,236731,236732,236735,236736,236737,236742	1935
Blakeite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃ (?)	3	236728,236735,236737	4
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	236730	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	236740	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	236737	27198
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	236741	136
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	236729	481
Emmonsite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O	4	236728,236735,236737,236738	34
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	236732	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	9	236728,236729,236732,236734,236735,236736,236737,236741,236742	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	236729,236736	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	236738	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	236728,236729,236730,236731,236735,236737,236742	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	4	236728,236729,236737,236742	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	236734,236735	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	236741	409
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	236737	804
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	236731	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	236737	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	236732,236734,236735,236741	5591
Mackayite ()*	None	Fe³⁺Te⁴⁺₂O₅(OH)	5	236728,236735,236737,236738,236739	12
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	236728,236729,236737,236741	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	3	236729,236737,236741	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	236743	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	236734	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	236737	128
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	236737	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	236728	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	236729,236732,236734,236735,236736,236737,236740,236741,236743	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	236729,236732,236735,236736,236737,236741,236742,236743	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	236740	115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	236741	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	236729	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	236731	5186
Sonoraite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)(OH)·H₂O	2	236737,236738	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	236734,236736,236737,236738	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	236737	337
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂	5	236728,236734,236735,236737,236738	52
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	2	236728,236737	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	236732	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	236737	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	2	236737,236738	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110021	Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R110021
R110023	Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R110023

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