Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
San Emidio District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Emidio District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Granite Peak
San Emidio Prospect (Mud Flat Prospect)
Wind Mountain Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Clay	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mandarinoite	Mica	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sulphur
Titanite

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 Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Se Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay Gypsum Kaolinite Mandarinoite Mica None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sulphur
Titanite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mandarinoite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*
Titanite ()*

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	241260	966
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	241259	2600
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	241259	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	241259,241260	5591
Mandarinoite ()*	Mandarinoite	Fe³⁺₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)₃·6H₂O	1	241260	14
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	241259	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	241259	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	241259	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	241259	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	241259,241260	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	241258	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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