Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Currant District, Horse Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Currant District, Horse Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
A&O Clay Mine
Ala-Mar Magnesite
El Padre Mine
Gold Point Mine (Golden Rod Mine; Gold Ledge Mine)
Lime Claim
Papas Mine
Roark Tungsten Claims (Broom Canyon Claims)
Sheppard Property
Silver Spring Stock Area
Stone Cabin
Thor Group
Unnamed Deposit
White Pine Prospect

Latitude: 38°49'5"N
Longitude: 115°23'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.818055555556,-115.39277777778

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Vesuvianite

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 Au C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clay Copper Fluorite Kaolinite None Quartz Scheelite Vesuvianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	239583	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	239592	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	239584,239588,239589,239594	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	239584	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	239589,239595	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	239586,239590	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	239583	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	239584	1487
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	239586,239589	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	239586,239589	4894
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	239589	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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