Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Candelaria District (Columbus District), Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Candelaria District (Columbus District), Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Blue Moon
Broken Arrow Mine
Candelaria-Sigmund Group
Carl Riek Mine
Los Angeles Gem Co. Group (Miss Moffet Mine; Blue Boy Mine; Blue Mine; Persian Blue Mine; Pirate No. 3 Claim)
Red Bank Claim
Unnamed Locality
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Prospect (2)

Latitude: 38°8'6"N
Longitude: 118°1'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.135,-118.02638888889

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcioferrite	Clay	Connellite	Descloizite
Fornacite	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Turquoise

Baryte ()*	Boleite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Connellite ()*	Crandallite ()*
Creedite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Duftite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fornacite ()*
Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Metavariscite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Phoenicochroite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strengite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ca Cl Cu F H K O P Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Baryte Brochantite Calcioferrite Clay Connellite Descloizite
Fornacite Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Turquoise

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	236610	11547
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	0		65
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	0		295
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	0		310
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	0		48
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	0		378
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	0		220
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	236611	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	236611	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	236612	367
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	236612	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	236609	5591
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	236613	27
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	0		1107
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	1	236607	44
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	236611	362
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	0		492
Phoenicochroite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CrO₄)	1	236611	35
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	236608,236611	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	236611	454
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	236611	21482
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	236613	263
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	236611	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	4	236606,236607,236608,236609	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	4	236606,236607,236609,236613	301
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	236611	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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