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:
Bell District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36718
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36718.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bell District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Blue Bird Nos. 1 - 3 Mines
Cedar Chest Mine
Cedar Chest No. 1 Mine
Clay Peters Group
Copper Contact Mine
Cute Maid Mine
Douglas Property
Golden Mile Group
Harvey-Taylor Group
Lou Prospect
Mina Mine
Olympic (OMCO) Mine
Simon Mine (Nevada Mine)
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 38°28'7"N
Longitude: 117°54'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.468611111111,-117.90472222222

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite
Baryte	Calcite	Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Descloizite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Ludwigite	Malachite	Mica	Mixite	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Vesuvianite

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Nd O Pb S Si Ti V W Y Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Axinite
Baryte Calcite Carminite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Descloizite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Ludwigite Malachite Mica Mixite Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Vesuvianite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Adamite ()*	Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Austinite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	238984	3419
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	238996	254
Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Mixite	NdCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	238996	18
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	238996	90
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	238996	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	238996	919
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	238996	71
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	238984	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	238996	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	238990	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	238996	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	238996	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	238984,238991,238996	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	238996	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	238996	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	238984,238996	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	1	238996	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	238984,238996	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	238993	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	238984	1756
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	238996	363
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	238984	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	238996	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	238984	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	238990,238992,238995	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	238984	1544
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	238996	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	238996	2228
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	2	238984,238997	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	238984	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	238984,238996	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	238996	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	238996	168
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	238984,238990	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	238984	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	238984	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	238996	492
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	238984	2349
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	238996	477
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	238984	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	238995,238996	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	238984,238990,238995	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	238996	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	238984,238985,238986	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	238996	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	238995,238996	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	238996	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	238996	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	238984	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	238984	1395
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	238984,238996	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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