Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Leonard District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37021.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leonard District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Frank R. Channing Property
Hooper No. 2 Shaft
Moonlight Mine
Nevada Scheelite Mine
Sunnyside Mine
Sutton No. 1 Mine
Unnamed Shaft
W. H. Leonard Property (Leonard Mine)

Latitude: 39°0'48"N
Longitude: 118°19'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.013333333333,-118.32333333333

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.

Amphibole	Clinozoisite	Descloizite	Enargite	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Scheelite	Stibnite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si V W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clinozoisite Descloizite Enargite Epidote Garnet Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Scheelite Stibnite Wollastonite Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	239237	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	239239	1534
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	239239	1935
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	239236	67
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	239241,239243	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	239243	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	239237,239240,239241,239243	8173
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	239238,239240	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	239242	362
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	239239,239241	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	239237,239241,239242,239243	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	239240,239241,239243	4894
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	239239	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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