Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Antelope District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antelope District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Belmont Group
Blue Eagle Group (Antimony Springs; Villanueva)
Gold Bar Mine
July Mine
Tonkin

Latitude: 39°52'25"N
Longitude: 116°20'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.873611111111,-116.345

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H Mn O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Copper Corundum Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	236963	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	236958,236959,236963	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	236958,236959,236963	27770
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	0		197
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	236963	2600
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	236958,236963	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	236958	14640
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	236957	230
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	3	236958,236959,236963	511
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	236959	105
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	236958,236963	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	236958,236963	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	236958,236963	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	236956,236960	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	236958	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	236957,236963	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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