Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver King District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36915
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36915.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver King District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silver King Mine

Latitude: 38°17'27"N
Longitude: 114°52'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.290833333333,-114.87777777778

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	Adelite	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Calcite	Carminite	Corundum	None
Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Rocksalt

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Austinite ()*	Carminite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Mimetite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Smithsonite ()*

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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Arseniosiderite Calcite Carminite Corundum None
Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Rocksalt

17 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	238744	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	238744	254
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	238744	194
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	238744	71
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	238744	178
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	238744	197
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	238744	363
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	238744	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	238744	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	238744	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	238744	2228
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	1	238744	149
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	238744	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	238744	492
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	238744	428
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	238744	1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	238744	2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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