Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Weepah District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weepah District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
3 Metals Mine
American Mine
Gold Eagle Mine
Jet Prospect
Paymaster Canyon
Unnamed Prospect
Weepah Mine

Latitude: 37°54'4"N
Longitude: 117°32'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.901111111111,-117.54472222222

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte
Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Carminite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite
Copper	Cyanotrichite	Epidote	Garnet	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tyrolite	Wollastonite

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Fe O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte
Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Carminite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite
Copper Cyanotrichite Epidote Garnet Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite
Pyroxene Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Tyrolite Wollastonite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Austinite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chenevixite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Connellite ()*
Cornwallite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Duftite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Lavendulan ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tyrolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	236948	254
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	236946	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	236942,236948	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	236942	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	236948	3250
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	236948	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	236942	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	236942	919
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	236948	71
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	236943,236947	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	236942	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	236948	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	236942	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	236942,236946	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	236942	359
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	236942,236948	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	236942,236948	4979
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	236942	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	236948	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	1	236942	90
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	236942	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	236942,236944	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	236948	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	236942	295
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	236942	175
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	236942	179
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	2	236942,236948	220
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	236946	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	236943,236946	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	236948	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	236946	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	236946	741
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	236942,236944	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	236948	2228
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	1	236942	149
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	236942,236948	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	236946	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	236948	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	236942,236948	1107
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	236946	471
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	236942	492
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	236942	158
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	1	236942	105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	236942	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	236943	39462
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	236942,236948	1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	236942	2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	1	236942	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	236946	21482
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	236942	245
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	236948	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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