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Locality Name:
Railroad Springs District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36753
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36753.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Railroad Springs District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Big 3 Mine
Imperial Mine (Helen Mine)

Latitude: 37°32'56"N
Longitude: 117°31'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.548888888889,-117.51805555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H K Nd O S Si Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAndalusiteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Nd)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Austinite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)2236823,236824254
Agardite-(Nd)  (*)MixiteNdCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O2236823,23682418
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O123682390
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)123682371
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2236823,236824363
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12368231689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612368232228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123682312537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123682361156
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O123682384


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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