Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 36855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sulphur District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hornsilver Claims
Jackson Range
Nevada Sulfur Company Mine
Sulphur
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 40°54'48"N
Longitude: 118°38'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.913333333333,-118.64638888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore
Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Eucairite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kalinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Natron ()*	Naumannite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Selenium ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sylvite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Tripuhyite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe H Na O S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore
Gypsum Marcasite Mica Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Wurtzite

43 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	237525	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	237522,237523	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	237522	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	237519,237522,237523,237524,237526	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	237522	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	237523	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	237518,237523	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	237520,237522,237523	2600
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	237522	453
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	1	237523	54
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	237523	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	237523	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	237523,237525	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	237523,237524	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	237525	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	237523	14640
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		65
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	237523	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	237523	2228
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	237520	54
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	237523	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	237523	300
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	237523	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	237523	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	237523	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	237523	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		254
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	0		51
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	237523	192
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	237523,237525	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	237523	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	237523	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	237522,237523,237525	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	237523	5614
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	237523	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	237523	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	237523	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	237523	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	237525	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	237520,237522,237523	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	237525	275
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1	237525	83
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	0		66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...