Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Hot Springs Point Mine, Beowawe District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 59985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hot Springs Point Mine, Beowawe District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°24'11"N
Longitude: 116°31'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.403055555556,-116.51777777778

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.

Calcite	Gypsum	None	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur

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: C Ca Fe H Hg Na O S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H Hg Na O S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Gypsum None Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gypsum ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Metasideronatrite ()*
Sideronatrite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	255
Metasideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	28
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	73
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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