Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Limekiln, Spenceville District, Nevada Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 269320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limekiln, Spenceville District, Nevada Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Manga-Chrome Mine (Manga Chrome; Magna-Chrome Mine; Duggan Mine; Steams And Owens [?])
Mickerson Ranch Deposit
Pine Hill Mine (Pine Hill Mining Co.; Golden Gate Claim; Golden Gate Extension Claim; Golden Gate Ext; Thrasher Claim)
Unspecified Mn Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 39°4'44"N
Longitude: 121°8'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.078888888889,-121.14083333333

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	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Olivine	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jacobsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Tephroite ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Kaolinite Malachite None Olivine Quartz Rhodonite
Rutile Serpentine Spinel

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	166308	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	166306	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	166306	83
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	166306	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	166308	14640
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	166306	172
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	166308	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	166308	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	166306	770
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	166306	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	166306	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	166308	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	166306	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	166306	969
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	166306	240

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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