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Locality Name:
Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 45463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zapot Pegmatite

Latitude: 38°38'19"N
Longitude: 118°28'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.638611111111,-118.48166666667
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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb Si Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAxiniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetKaoliniteMicaNonePerovskitePhenakitePrehnitePyrochloreQuartzRhabdophane
RutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTopazTourmalineVesuvianiteWeberiteZircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mg)  (*)
Beidellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cryolite  (*)Cryolithionite  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Elpasolite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Grayite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hambergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pachnolite  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Prosopite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Simmonsite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Thomsenolite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Weberite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12391118803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)20260
Axinite-(Mg)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mg2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2012
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O123911185
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123911127770
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O61239111289
Cryolite  (*)PerovskiteNa2NaAlF6123911150
Cryolithionite  (*)GarnetNa3Al2(LiF4)312391115
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1239111520
Elpasolite  (*)PerovskiteK2NaAlF6123911116
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212391119617
Grayite  (*)Rhabdophane(Th,Pb,Ca)(PO4)·H2O123911117
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)123911181
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123911114640
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)123911156
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312391115433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412391115591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123911114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12391114924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123911117380
Pachnolite  (*)NoneNaCaAlF6·H2O123911118
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1239111326
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)4123911139
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31239111244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123911161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212391115614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12391112705
Simmonsite  (*)PerovskiteNa2LiAlF612391112
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)312391111214
Thomsenolite  (*)NoneNaCaAlF6·H2O123911123
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12391111006
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212391111476
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Weberite  (*)WeberiteNa2MgAlF7123911113
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12391115251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080051Zapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080051
R080069Zapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080069

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