Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ophir, Twin River District, Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 262775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ophir, Twin River District, Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gruss Mine (Aderondike Claim)
Hanlon Mine (Hamlin Mine; Glen Rushin Claim; Gold Reef Extension Claim; Glen Rushen Claim; Retreat Claim)
Murphy Mine (Ophir Mine; Twin River Mine)
Ophir Canyon

Latitude: 38°56'56"N
Longitude: 117°18'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.948888888889,-117.31083333333

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ba Ca Cl Cu F Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	240181	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	240178	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	240181	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	240178	1382
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	240181	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	240176,240178,240181	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	240180	30554
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	240178	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	240178	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	240178,240181	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	240178,240179,240181	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	240178	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	240178	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	240178	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	240178	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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