Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Red Canyon District, Pine Nut Mts, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Canyon District, Pine Nut Mts, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Defiance Mines Company
Four Clovers Mine (Lapis Nevada Quarry; Walker Property [?])
High Jacks (High Jinks; Imperial Claims?)
Iron Pot Prospect
Longfellow Deposit
Lucky Bill Mine
Minnehaha Canyon
Mountain View Group (Imperial Claims ?)
Red Canyon Claims (NBMG Sample Site No. 4405)
Topaz Ranch Estates
Washoe Claim
Winters Mine

Latitude: 38°48'59"N
Longitude: 119°29'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.816388888889,-119.48333333333

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	235583	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	235580	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	235580	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	235585	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	235585	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	235580,235581	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	235581,235582,235585,235589	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	235585	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	235583	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	235578,235585	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	235579,235580,235581,235582,235589	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	235581	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	235581	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	235580	784
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	235585	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	235579,235581,235582,235585,235589	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	235583	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	235585	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	235581,235582,235585,235588	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	235579	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	235587	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	235580,235582,235589	3418
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	235578	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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