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Locality Name:
Paradise Peak District, Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37084
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37084.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paradise Peak District, Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bullion Mine
County Line Deposit
East Zone Deposit
Ketchup Flat Deposit
Ketchup Hill Deposit
Ketchup Knob Deposit
Paradise Peak [summit]
Snowshoe Claim

Latitude: 38°45'0"N
Longitude: 117°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.75,-117.96666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCristobaliteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMeloniteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteWurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Calomel  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Corderoite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Montroydite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Petzite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2239908,2399102793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12399108803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)64239902,239903,239908,239910966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212399082162
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6123990858
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12399089052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2239908,23991011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32239908,2399101935
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21239902361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123991027770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl2239908,23991091
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23239902,239908,23991027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2239908,2399101382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4239908,239909,239910,2399112600
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl22239908,23991016
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2239908,2399104165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO22239903,239908453
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12399108173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS41239908163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2239908,23991024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3239902,239908,23991030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2239902,2399106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32239902,23990814640
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI1239908180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62239908,2399102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42239908,2399105591
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe81239902111
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123990214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212399085674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1239910255
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212399025800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12399101508
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO2239908,23991029
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22239902,23991017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12399032994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32239908,239910511
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21239902409
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61239908477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23239902,239908,23991039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23239902,239908,23991061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2239908,239910712
Silver  (*)CopperAg3239900,239908,2399105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2239908,23991021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32239908,2399103418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2239908,2399102045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132239908,2399105317
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4123990866



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