Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 37028
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37028.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rand District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Brovard
Copper Mountain Group
Papoose Mine

Latitude: 38°46'56"N
Longitude: 118°23'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.782222222222,-118.39222222222

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Melonite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Epidote Garnet Gypsum Malachite Melonite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Turquoise

35 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	6	239349,239351,239353,239354,239355,239356	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	239357	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	239349,239355	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	239357	1534
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	239356	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	239355,239357	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	239355	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	239357	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	239353,239355,239357	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	5	239349,239353,239354,239355,239356	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	239355,239357	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	239357	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	239357	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	239355,239357	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	239349,239352,239353,239354,239355,239356	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	239357	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	239357	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	239355,239357	14640
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	1	239350	123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	239355,239357	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	239350,239357	5800
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		471
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	239355	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	239355	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	239353,239355,239357	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	239349,239350,239353,239354,239355,239356,239357	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	239358	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	239355	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	239355	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	239355	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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