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Locality Name:
Paradise Peak Mine Open Pit, Paradise Peak Mine (Goose Mine; Granny Goose; Paradise; FMC Deposit; NBMG Sample Sites 1472 - 1473; Goose Claims; Gabbs Mine; Nody Prospect; Finger Rock Prospect; County Line; Ketchup Flat; Paradise Peak Project; Sullivan/Paradise Peak), Paradise Peak [town], Paradise Peak [summit], Paradise Peak District, Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 62247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paradise Peak Mine Open Pit, Paradise Peak Mine (Goose Mine; Granny Goose; Paradise; FMC Deposit; NBMG Sample Sites 1472 - 1473; Goose Claims; Gabbs Mine; Nody Prospect; Finger Rock Prospect; County Line; Ketchup Flat; Paradise Peak Project; Sullivan/Paradise Peak), Paradise Peak [town], Paradise Peak [summit], Paradise Peak District, Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°45'0"N
Longitude: 117°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.75,-117.96666666667
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidote
FeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMicaNoneOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Corderoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Montroydite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl091
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2016
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS0255
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO029
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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