Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Awakening District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Awakening District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Alabama Mine
Havalau Mine
Humboldt Mine
Jumbo Mine (Austin Mine)
Mayday Mine (Davey Mine)
Pick Handle Mine
Scheelite Mine
Silver State Mine
Siskiyou Mine (Pipes Mine)
Sleeper Mine
Spanish Girl Mine

Latitude: 41°17'0"N
Longitude: 117°58'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.283333333333,-117.97527777778

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Buddingtonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg N Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

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	2	237237,237243	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	1	237243	87
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	237243	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	237243	11547
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈	1	237243	27
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	237243	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	237239	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	237243	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	237236,237239	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	237234,237237,237238,237243	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	237243	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	237243	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	237243	804
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	237243	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	237243	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	237243	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	237243	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	237243	300
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	237243	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	237243	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2	237237,237243	192
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	237243	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	237243	2994
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	237243	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	237243	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	237234,237235,237236,237238,237239,237240,237242,237243	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	237243	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	237243	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	237243	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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