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Locality Name:
Rain Mine, Carlin District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29499.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rain Mine, Carlin District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
B J Hill Deposit
Gnome Deposit
Saddle Deposit
Snow Peak Deposit
Tess Deposit

Latitude: 40°36'19"N
Longitude: 116°'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.605277777778,-116.01611111111

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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O P S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O P S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeGypsum
KaoliniteLeucophosphiteLipscombiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPhosphosideritePyriteQuartz
SphaleriteSulphurTurquoiseWavellite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dussertite  (*)Faustite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)Metavariscite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Planerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123570411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6033
Faustite  (*)TurquoiseZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O024
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu123570430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O0110
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2047
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O042
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O027
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O043
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123570439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374



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