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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

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 ()*

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:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

47 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	2	239908,239910	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	239910	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	239902,239903,239908,239910	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	239908	2162
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	239908	58
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	239908	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	239908,239910	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	239908,239910	1935
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	239902	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	239910	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	2	239908,239910	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	239902,239908,239910	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	239908,239910	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	4	239908,239909,239910,239911	2600
Corderoite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	2	239908,239910	16
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	239908,239910	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	239903,239908	453
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	239910	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	239908	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	239908,239910	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	239902,239908,239910	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	239902,239910	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	239902,239908	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	239908	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	239908,239910	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	239908,239910	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	1	239902	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	239902	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	239908	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	239910	255
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	239902	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	239910	1508
Montroydite ()*	None	HgO	2	239908,239910	29
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	239902,239910	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	239903	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	2	239908,239910	511
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	239902	409
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	239908	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	239902,239908,239910	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	239902,239908,239910	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	239908,239910	712
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	239900,239908,239910	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	239908,239910	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	239908,239910	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	239908,239910	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	239908,239910	5317
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	239908	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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