Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 262716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cactus Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Antelope Springs District
Cactus Springs District

Latitude: 37°40'22"N
Longitude: 116°47'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.672777777778,-116.78972222222

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Halotrichite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Turquoise	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Apjohnite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kuramite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Enargite Halotrichite Kaolinite
Malachite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Stannite Tetrahedrite Titanite Turquoise Wurtzite

30 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	2	239516,239522	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	239516,239520	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	239526	272
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2	239524,239526	28
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	239516	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	239525	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	239522	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	239517,239522	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	239516	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	239522	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	239520	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	239520	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	239522	910
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	239522	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	239517,239522	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	239516,239517	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	239522	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	239516,239517,239520	5591
Kuramite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SnS₄	1	239522	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	239517	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	239526	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	239516	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	239517,239522	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	239520	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	239516,239517	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	239516	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	239517,239522	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	239517	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	239518	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2	239521,239523	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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