Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Red Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Black Rock Prospect
Gold No. 1 Prospect
Mohawk Mine
Mustang Prospect
Nivlock Mine
Sanger Mine
Silver Queen Prospect
Sixteen-to-One Mine

Latitude: 37°45'22"N
Longitude: 117°49'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.756111111111,-117.83138888889

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coronadite	Fluorite	None	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hollandite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Coronadite Fluorite None Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4	236828,236830,236831,236833	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	236828,236831	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	236828,236831,236833	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	236831	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	236831	3846
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	236828	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	236831	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	236828	243
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	236826	2994
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	236826	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	236826,236827,236831,236833	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	236833	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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