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Locality Name:
Candelaria Silver Mine, Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 61811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Candelaria Silver Mine, Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mount Diablo Pit
Northern Belle Pit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBixbyiteBournonite
CalcioferriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCoronaditeCovelliteDiasporeMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupOveritePharmacosideritePost-spinelPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTurquoiseVivianiteWavelliteWurtzite

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Groutite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marokite  (*)Matulaite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Overite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12390462793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1239046445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12390463250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212390465509
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O30104
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1239047280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123904627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12390464979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1239046197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)031
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2239046,2390471382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12390472740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123904624243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1239046717
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)072
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12390461689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4073
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1239047234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123904612537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Marokite  (*)Post-spinelCaMn3+2O408
Matulaite  (*)NoneFe3+Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O010
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O123904744
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123904617380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1239046492
Overite  (*)OveriteCaMgAl(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O12390475
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1239046428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22239046,23904739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22239046,23904761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12390471711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12390466417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12390462473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123904621482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)0446
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212390462562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1239047484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1239047301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1239047374
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412390461655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060564Candelaria Silver Mine, Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060564

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