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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

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: 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: 
AmorphousClayGypsumKaoliniteMandarinoiteMicaNoneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSulphur
Titanite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Mandarinoite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61241260966
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12412592600
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12412596890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42241259,2412605591
Mandarinoite  (*)MandarinoiteFe3+2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O124126014
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12412591508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124125917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12412592994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124125961156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2241259,2412602045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12412584899



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