Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alum Mine, Alum District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 60761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alum Mine, Alum District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°54'27"N
Longitude: 117°39'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.9075,-117.66611111111

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.

Alum	Gypsum	Halotrichite	None	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: Al Ca H Hg K Mg O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Hg K Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Gypsum Halotrichite None Sulphur

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Alum-(K) ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gypsum ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Polyhalite ()*
Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	92
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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