Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kawich Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 262305
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262305.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kawich Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bellehelen District
Eden District
Golden Arrow District
Kawich District (Gold Reed District)
Silver Bow District (Silverbow District)

Latitude: 37°53'13"N
Longitude: 116°26'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.886944444444,-116.44638888889

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Talc

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Silver ()*	Stephanite ()*	Talc ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O S Sb Se Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Talc

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	5	239649,239667,239669,239670,239673	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	3	239667,239669,239673	87
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	239665	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	239643	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	239667,239669,239673	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	239666	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	239667,239669,239673	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	6	239649,239651,239653,239666,239667,239670	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	239664	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	239649,239651,239653,239654,239655,239656,239663,239665,239666,239667,239669,239670,239673	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	239651	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	239666	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	239666	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	239643	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	239666	2349
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2	239653,239666	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	239666	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	239644,239653,239654,239655,239656,239658,239660,239661,239662,239663,239667,239669,239673	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	239667,239669,239673	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	239651,239653,239654,239655,239656,239658,239660,239661,239662,239665,239666,239673	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	239643	598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	239653,239654,239655,239656,239667,239669,239673	5186
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	239666,239670	586
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	239643	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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