Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Independence Mountains District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Independence Mountains District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 51
Child Localities:
A Nos. 1-30
AA Claims (North Sun Claim; Jerritt Canyon Project-0320070879)
Abe's Canyon Barite Mine (Fantastic Mine - 0320070544; Blue Smoke Claims - 0320070352; Tabor Canyon)
ACBM Claims (Orvana Project 0320070329)
ACNC Claims
Alchem Deposit
Alta Nos. 1-12
Anacabe Prospect
Arana Claims
B. D. Claims
Big Jay-Big Mike Claims (Jerritt Canyon Project; Part Of Cal. Claims)
Big Knob Mine
Big Springs Mine (Sammy Creek; Mac Ridge; Mesona Claim; Jack Creek Project; Bull Run Mine)
Birds Eye Prospect (Los; Bilboa; Killburn; Snow Creek; Belaustegui Ranch)
Black Beauty Claims (B. B. Claims)
Blue Jay Claims (Blue Jay And Big Mike Claims)
Boggle Claims (CB Claims; Mahala Nos 1-229 - 0320070977)
Burns Basin Antimony Mine (Andrae Mine; Byrne Mine; Lonesome Kid Mine; Williams Mine; Parker Mine; Chaffie Mine; Griffith Mine)
Burns Basin Gold Deposit
California Mine - Dash Pit (Dash Pit; East Dash; California Mountain Deposit)
Choriso Claims (Big Springs Project)
CP Claims (Ranch Claims; Big Springs Project; Cowboy Group; Burp Group)
Damn Claims (Big Boy Claims)
Double O Claims
EB Claims (Sage Hen Prospect; Choriso No. 1-20)
Ed Claims
Enfield Mine (Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine; Bell Mine; Marlboro Canyon; Allchem; Generator Hill Pits)
FC Nos. 1-555 (Reed-Parker; Black Rock; Foreman Creek; PC Lode Claims)
Graphite Claims (Ed Claims ; Black Beauty Nos. 1-17; Jerritt Canyon Project)
Greenstone Claims (Jerritt Canyon Project)
Hidden Hills Mine
Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine (Enfield Bell Mine; Generator; Alchem; Marlboro Deposits)
LB Claims
Lee Smith Mine (Smith Mine; Smith West; Mahala)
Lin Claims
Mesona Claims
Mill Creek Gold Deposit
Murray Mine
Pattani Springs Gold Deposit
Pie Creek Prospect
Questionable Claims
Rock Claims (Griffith; Eagle Prospect)
Sage Hen Prospect
Saval/Steer Canyon Gold Deposit (Josie Saval; Williams; Lost; Lost And Found Prospect)
Silver Canyon Mine (Bear Cat Mine; Lucky Claim Groups; Snow Canyon Mine)
Snow Canyon Deposit
Taylor Canyon
Taylor Canyon Deposit
Unnamed Prospect
Winters Creek Gold Deposit
Wright Window Gold Deposit

Latitude: 41°24'30"N
Longitude: 115°59'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.408333333333,-115.98722222222

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.

Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Galkhaite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Orpiment	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Crandallite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galkhaite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kermesite ()*	Lorándite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P S Sb Si Ti Tl Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Galkhaite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Orpiment Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	236065	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	236065	3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	236065	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	236049,236065	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	25	236039,236045,236046,236048,236049,236052,236053,236054,236056,236062,236064,236065,236069,236070,236071,236076,236078,236079,236080,236082,236084,236085,236087,236088,236089	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	236045,236053,236056,236065,236070,236076,236078,236083	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	236049,236053	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	236065	577
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	236065	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	236065	1756
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	236065	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	236065	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	236053	9617
Galkhaite ()*	Galkhaite Tetrahedrite	(Hg₅Cu)CsAs₄S₁₂	1	236065	13
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	236049	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	236049,236050,236057,236058,236065,236070,236072,236075,236076,236077,236078,236083,236090,236091	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	236076	2812
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	236065	144
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	236053	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	236048,236065	2228
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	236056	230
Lorándite ()*	None	TlAsS₂	1	236065	15
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	236049,236065	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	236065	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	236039,236065	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	5	236065,236070,236076,236078,236083	511
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	236065	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	236049,236053,236065,236070,236075,236076,236077	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	236039,236045,236048,236052,236053,236056,236065,236070,236071,236076,236079,236080,236081,236082,236084,236089	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	6	236065,236070,236075,236076,236078,236083	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	236049,236065	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	236049,236065	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	236076	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	10	236049,236052,236056,236065,236070,236076,236078,236081,236082,236083	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	236053	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	236081	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	236049,236065	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	236053	4899
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	236065	369
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	236049	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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