Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Steamboat Hot Springs, Steamboat Springs District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 59986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Steamboat Hot Springs, Steamboat Springs District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Halotrichite	Melanterite	Metavoltine	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Sphalerite	Stibnite

Bonattite ()*	Butlerite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Metastibnite ()*
Metavoltine ()*	Orpiment ()*	Paracoquimbite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Sassolite ()*
Thénardite ()*

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 As B C Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Caledonite Chalcanthite Copiapite Coquimbite Halotrichite Melanterite Metavoltine None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Sphalerite Stibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	21
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	26
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	136
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	255
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	87
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	78
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Paracoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	30
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃	31
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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