Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Queen City District, Quinn Canyon Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queen City District, Quinn Canyon Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Hawk Mine (Black Hawk Mercury Mine; Mellan Mine; Mercury Claim; Producer Claim; Red Mercury Claim; Little Mercury Claims; Mellan And Reid Mine; Red Dog Claims [?])
Oswald Mine [1] (Oswald Claims; Oswell Property)
Queen City Claims
Unnamed Hg Prospect

Latitude: 37°45'15"N
Longitude: 115°59'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.754166666667,-115.98611111111

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Vesuvianite

Alunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Grossular ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Clay Garnet Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Vesuvianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

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	239921	966
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	239920	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	239919,239921	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	239920	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	239920	5707
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	239919,239920,239922	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	239920	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	239921	504
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	239921	1544
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	239919	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	239921	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	239921	210
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	239920	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	239921	1898
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	239921	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	239919,239920	61156
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	239921	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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