Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 36766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beowawe District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Beowawe Hot Springs
Beowawe Prospect
Ginn 1-13 Well
Hot Springs Point Mine
Red Devil Mine
Sansinena Mine

Latitude: 40°32'40"N
Longitude: 116°31'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.544444444444,-116.51666666667

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Epidote
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Sulphur

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Metasideronatrite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Wairakite ()*

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: Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cristobalite Epidote
Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite
Sulphur

22 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	236970	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	236967,236968	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	1	236966	91
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	236966,236968,236969	2600
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	236967	453
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	236967	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	236968	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	236967	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	236967	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	236967	1271
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	236968	255
Metasideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	236968	28
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	236967	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	236967	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	236965	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	236967	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	236967	61156
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	2	236965,236968	73
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	236968	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	236965,236968	2045
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	236967	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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