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Locality Name:
Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 281909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Turquoise Ridge Mine

Latitude: 41°12'58"N
Longitude: 117°14'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.216111111111,-117.24416666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Co Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbite
CopperCovelliteEpidoteFluoriteGalkhaiteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPalygorskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galkhaite  (*)Getchellite  (*)Gold  (*)
Guérinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Haidingerite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Laffittite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Weilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512374591310
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31237459231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12374599052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123745911547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312374591935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123745927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212374595171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12374595707
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12374592600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1237459966
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1237459169
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812374591008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12374594165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12374598173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1237459345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212374599617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123745924243
Galkhaite  (*)Galkhaite Tetrahedrite(Hg5Cu)CsAs4S12123745913
Getchellite  (*)NoneSbAsS3123745919
Gold  (*)CopperAu123745930554
Guérinite  (*)NoneCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O123745931
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12374596890
Haidingerite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)·H2O123745917
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1237459469
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)1237459123
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412374595591
Laffittite  (*)RocksaltAgHgAsS312374595
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12374591271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123745914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212374595674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212374595800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123745917380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31237459511
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1237459306
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O1237459105
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123745939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812374599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123745961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1237459712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12374594894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12374595186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123745921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312374593418
Weilite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)123745919


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