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Locality Name:
Hot Creek Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26.7

mindat Locality ID: 29492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hot Creek Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Morey District
Tybo District

Latitude: 38°24'40"N
Longitude: 116°24'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.411111111111,-116.40888888889

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	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Botryogen	Bournonite
Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Kaolinite
Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite
Phosphosiderite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Starkeyite
Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite	Zinkenite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Baryte Botryogen Bournonite
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Covellite Epidote Kaolinite
Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Owyheeite
Phosphosiderite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Starkeyite
Stibnite Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Turquoise Wurtzite Xanthoconite Zinkenite

75 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Aleksite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bornite ()*
Botryogen ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*
Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Fizélyite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*
Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kermesite ()*	Livingstonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Metavariscite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Plagionite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stetefeldtite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Valentinite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	239597	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	26.7	26.7	2	239601,239614	312
Aleksite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₂S₂	26.7	26.7	1	239638	28
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	26.7	26.7	2	239627,239638	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	26.7	26.7	1	239640	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	26.7	26.7	5	239597,239601,239614,239634,239638	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	26.7	26.7	1	239625	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	26.7	26.7	4	239628,239638,239640,239641	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇			1	239597	450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	26.7	26.7	1	239623	5516
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O			1	239606	45
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			3	239597,239601,239606	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	239597	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26.7	26.7	3	239617,239635,239638	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	26.7	26.7	1	239615	91
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆			2	239597,239601	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			3	239597,239601,239606	5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	26.7	26.7	0		309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	26.7	26.7	3	239597,239627,239638	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	26.7	26.7	1	239632	352
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	239597	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26.7	26.7	7	239597,239599,239601,239612,239614,239623,239638	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	26.7	26.7	2	239597,239629	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	239604	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	26.7	26.7	3	239611,239615,239627	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	239606	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	239597,239601,239612	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	26.7	26.7	1	239640	310
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈			3	239597,239601,239603	126
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	26.7	26.7	1	239623	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	26.7	26.7	1	239623	8173
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O			1	239606	107
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈			2	239601,239603	54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	26.7	26.7	1	239641	2740
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃			1	239597	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	26.7	26.7	7	239601,239614,239617,239618,239623,239627,239638	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	239606	1689
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			3	239597,239601,239606	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	26.7	26.7	1	239627	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	26.7	26.7	1	239615	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	26.7	26.7	2	239626,239632	230
Livingstonite ()*	None	HgSb₄S₆(S)₂	26.7	26.7	1	239615	24
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	26.7	26.7	2	239597,239625	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	26.7	26.7	1	239614	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	26.7	26.7	1	239638	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	239597	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	26.7	26.7	1	239615	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	26.7	26.7	1	239615	255
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	26.7	26.7	1	239640	27
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	239603	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			4	239597,239599,239601,239612	5800
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈			3	239597,239601,239603	89
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇			1	239597	100
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	26.7	26.7	3	239619,239630,239633	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			3	239597,239601,239603	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26.7	26.7	9	239597,239599,239601,239606,239612,239614,239623,239638,239639	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃			1	239603	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	26.7	26.7	5	239597,239601,239612,239614,239638	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26.7	26.7	11	239597,239599,239601,239606,239613,239623,239625,239632,239638,239639,239640	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	26.7	26.7	4	239597,239601,239603,239614	1711
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	239606	293
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	26.7	26.7	2	239603,239638	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26.7	26.7	8	239597,239601,239603,239606,239617,239623,239627,239638	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			3	239597,239601,239603	586
Stetefeldtite ()*	Pyrochlore	Ag₂Sb₂(O,OH)₇	26.7	26.7	1	239614	22
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	26.7	26.7	2	239611,239614	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	26.7	26.7	3	239601,239611,239632	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2	239597,239611	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	26.7	26.7	5	239597,239629,239633,239638,239639	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	26.7	26.7	1	239614	433
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	239600	1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	26.7	26.7	1	239641	484
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			3	239597,239606,239611	369
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			2	239597,239606	372
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			2	239601,239606	228

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00092	26.7	26.7		Ar-Ar, K-Ar								Calomel, Cinnabar, Livingstonite, Mercury, Metacinnabar	Hg	37106	Tybo District, Hot Creek Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		Best et al. (1989); Best and Christiansen (1991); Sawyer et al. (1994)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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