Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cloverdale District, Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37055
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37055.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cloverdale District, Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Colton Mine (Sb Claims; Prince Albert Claims; Secret Basin Kelly Project; Cottonwood Canyon Group; Sec Claims; Colton Prospect; Eastern Claims; Fluorine Group; Western Fluorspar & Lead Mine)
East Golden Mine [?]
El Primo Placer Ground
Gold King Claims
Golden King Mine
Green Lizard Group Of Claims
Iron Rail Mine
King Lode Claims
Ledbetter Canyon Mine (Ferir Mine)
Orizaba Mine
Red Hill Claims

Latitude: 38°35'49"N
Longitude: 117°26'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.596944444444,-117.43888888889

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Copper Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	240139,240142	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	240139,240142	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	240138,240139	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	240139,240142	4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	240133	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	240139,240142	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	240135,240140	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	240138,240139	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	240139	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	240139,240140	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	240139	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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