Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Turquoise Ridge Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 40484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turquoise Ridge Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°12'58"N
Longitude: 117°14'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.216111111111,-117.24416666667

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.

Andalusite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite
Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Galkhaite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galkhaite ()*	Getchellite ()*	Gold ()*
Guérinite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haidingerite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laffittite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Weilite ()*

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 Co Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite
Copper Covellite Epidote Fluorite Galkhaite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	169
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Galkhaite ()*	Galkhaite Tetrahedrite	(Hg₅Cu)CsAs₄S₁₂	13
Getchellite ()*	None	SbAsS₃	19
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Guérinite ()*	None	Ca₅(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·9H₂O	31
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Haidingerite ()*	None	Ca(AsO₃OH)·H₂O	17
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	469
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	123
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Laffittite ()*	Rocksalt	AgHgAsS₃	5
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	105
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Weilite ()*	None	Ca(AsO₃OH)	19

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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