Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gabbs District, Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gabbs District, Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Antelope Prospect
Betty O'Neil Mine
Big Chief Mine
Brown Prospect
Chestnut Mine
Copper Blossom Group
Downeyville Mines (Downieville Mine)
Engle And Stouder Prospect
Fowler Spring
Gabbs
Gabbs Valley Tungsten Claims
Linda Talc Prospect
Lizzey Downie Claim (Lizzie Mine)
Old Bluestone Claim
Opaline Silica Quarry Of Basic Inc.
Phelps Stokes Mine
Unknown Au Prospect [?]
Western Claim (Great Western Claim)

Latitude: 38°52'18"N
Longitude: 117°53'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.871666666667,-117.89916666667

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.

Alumohydrocalcite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Artinite	Baryte	Brucite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Descloizite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Lillianite
Malachite	Mica	Murdochite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Owyheeite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alumohydrocalcite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Artinite Baryte Brucite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Descloizite Garnet Gypsum Humite Lillianite
Malachite Mica Murdochite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Owyheeite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Turquoise Vesuvianite

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Adamite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Artinite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Callaghanite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dypingite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Murdochite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nakauriite ()*	Opal ()*
Owyheeite ()*	Periclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pokrovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vikingite ()*
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	239896	3419
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	239889	254
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	239889	46
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	239889,239890	708
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	239890	75
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	239886	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	239886	11547
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	239889,239890	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	239896	27770
Callaghanite ()*	None	Cu₂Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₆·2H₂O	2	239889,239890	9
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	239886,239893	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	239890	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	239890	285
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	239890	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	239880	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	239881,239892	1756
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	239886	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	239890,239896	9895
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	239889	50
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	239889,239890	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	239886,239893,239898	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	239890	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	239896	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	239886,239896	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	239886	1689
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	239890	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	239890	341
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	239886	1066
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	239889,239890	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	239887,239896	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	239890	34
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	239886,239893	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	239886	362
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	1	239886	34
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	239896	17380
Nakauriite ()*	None	Cu₈(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆·48H₂O	2	239889,239890	12
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	239895	2994
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	0		89
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	239890	114
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	239896	2273
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	239886	158
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	239886	477
Pokrovskite ()*	Malachite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	239890	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	239886,239896	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	239886,239896	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	239881,239886,239891	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	239881	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	239881,239891	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	239886	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	239883,239886,239894	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	239890,239892	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	239885,239888	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	239890	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	239886	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	1	239889	27
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	239886,239893	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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