Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 36782
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36782.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Barth Mine (West Mine)
Onondaga Mine
Palisade
Rains Mine
Zenoli Mine (Morning Glory Group)

Latitude: 40°34'48"N
Longitude: 116°14'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.58,-116.24555555556

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	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

29 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	1	237210	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	237206	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	237208	470
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	237206	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	237206	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	237209,237210	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	237206,237210	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	237207,237209,237210	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	237206	203
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	237207	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	237207,237210	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	237206,237207	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	237206	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	237206	5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	237206	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	237206	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	237207	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	237206	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	237206	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	237206,237207,237210	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	237206	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	237206,237210	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	237206	312
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	237210	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	237207,237210	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	237210	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	237210	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	237208	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	237206	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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