Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
I.X.L. District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "I.X.L. District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Prince Group
Bonanza Group
Cox Canyon
Gold Bar Group

Latitude: 39°41'5"N
Longitude: 118°15'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.684722222222,-118.25444444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mo S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite Molybdenite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	234816,234817	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	234816	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	234817	1382
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	234816	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	234820	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	234816	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	234817,234819,234821	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	234821	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	234816	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	234816	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	234816,234817,234819,234821	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	234817	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	234816	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	234816	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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