Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Modarelli-Frenchie Creek District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36777.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Big Pole Creek Prospect
Frenchie Creek Prospect
Imperial Prospect
Jackson Prospect
Modarelli Mine (Amarilla Deposit)
Sheep Creek Prospect

Latitude: 40°21'57"N
Longitude: 116°15'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.365833333333,-116.2625

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cuprite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	237186	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	237185	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	237186	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	237185	1756
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	237186	2970
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	237185	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	237185	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	237185	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	237181,237182,237183,237184,237185	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	237186	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	237185	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	237185	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	237185	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	237185	598

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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