Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 289219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Adam Peak
Twin Creeks Mine

Latitude: 41°12'58"N
Longitude: 117°14'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.216111111111,-117.24416666667

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcioferrite	Calcite
Cerite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Fairfieldite	Fluorite
Galkhaite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gaitite ()*	Galena ()*
Galkhaite ()*	Getchellite ()*	Gold ()*	Guérinite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Haidingerite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laffittite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montgomeryite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Weilite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

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 P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcioferrite Calcite
Cerite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite Copper Covellite Epidote Fairfieldite Fluorite
Galkhaite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	237459	1310
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	237459	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	237459	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	237459,237462	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	237465	413
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	237459	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	237459	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	237459	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	237459	5707
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	237459	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	237459	966
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	237459	169
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	237459	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	237459	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	237459	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	237459	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	237465	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	237459	9617
Gaitite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Zn(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	237465	7
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	237459	24243
Galkhaite ()*	Galkhaite Tetrahedrite	(Hg₅Cu)CsAs₄S₁₂	2	237459,237464	13
Getchellite ()*	None	SbAsS₃	1	237459	19
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	237459	30554
Guérinite ()*	None	Ca₅(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·9H₂O	1	237459	31
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	237459	6890
Haidingerite ()*	None	Ca(AsO₃OH)·H₂O	1	237459	17
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	237459	469
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	1	237459	123
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	237459	5591
Laffittite ()*	Rocksalt	AgHgAsS₃	1	237459	5
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	237459	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	237459	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	237459,237464	5674
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	237465	129
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	237459	5800
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	1	237465	44
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	237459	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	2	237459,237462	511
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	237459	306
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	237459	105
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	237459	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	237459	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	237459,237464	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	237459	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	237459	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	237459	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	237459	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	237459,237464	3418
Weilite ()*	None	Ca(AsO₃OH)	1	237459	19
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	237465	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...