Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quinn Canyon Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 262684
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262684.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quinn Canyon Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Queen City District
Willow Creek District

Latitude: 37°56'17"N
Longitude: 115°51'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.938055555556,-115.85805555556

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Talc	Vesuvianite

Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Iron ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Troilite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Fluorite Garnet Iron Kaolinite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Talc Vesuvianite

31 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	1	239921	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	239924,239925	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	239920,239929	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	239919,239921	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	239929	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	239920,239938	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	239920	5707
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	239941	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	239919,239920,239922	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	17	239926,239927,239928,239930,239931,239932,239933,239934,239936,239939,239940,239943,239944,239946,239947,239948,239949	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	239920,239925	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	239921	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	239924,239938	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	239921	1544
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	239942	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	239919	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	239921	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	239921	210
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	239920,239929	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	239921	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	239925	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	239921	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	239919,239920,239924,239938	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	239932	4894
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	239942	374
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	239941	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	239925	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	239942	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	239938	3337
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	239942	1044
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	239921	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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