Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Steamboat Springs District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3928
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3928.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Steamboat Springs District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Faith Clay Pit
Silica Pit
Steamboat Creek Placers
Steamboat Hot Springs
Steamboat Springs Mine
Theeler Ranch Prospect

Latitude: 39°22'51"N
Longitude: 119°45'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.380833333333,-119.76138888889

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	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite
Copper	Coquimbite	Cristobalite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Metavoltine	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur

Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bonattite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Butlerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kalinite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Metastibnite ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Paracoquimbite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Sassolite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Thénardite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite
Copper Coquimbite Cristobalite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Metavoltine None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur

42 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	241275	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	0		272
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	1	241278	21
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	1	241278	26
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	241278	359
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	241278	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	241276,241278,241279	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	241278	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	241278	136
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	3	241275,241276,241279	453
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	241277	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	0		123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	0		54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	241275	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	241278	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2	241279,241280	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	241278	255
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	241278	87
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	241278	78
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	241275,241279	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	241278	511
Paracoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	241278	30
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	241278	265
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	241275,241276,241279	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0		712
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃	1	241278	31
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	0		1153
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		84
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	241276,241279	2045
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	241278	299
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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