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:
Las Vegas Wash, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 300211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Vegas Wash, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°5'37"N
Longitude: 115°1'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.093611111111,-115.02277777778

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.

Blödite	Clay	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	None	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Vivianite

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: Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Blödite Clay Gypsum Hexahydrite None Rocksalt Sepiolite Vivianite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Blödite ()*	Eugsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Kainite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Vivianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Eugsterite ()*	None	Na₄Ca(SO₄)₃·2H₂O	32
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	50
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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