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Locality Name:
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: 63539
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63539.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "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": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nody Prospect
Paradise Peak Mine Open Pit

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 I K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cu Fe H I O Pb S Sb Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteCristobaliteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
OrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteSulphur
TetrahedriteWurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Corderoite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Montroydite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tripuhyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12399102793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12399108803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61239910966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6058
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123991011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312399101935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123991027770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl123991091
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123991027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12399101382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2239909,2399102600
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2123991016
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12399104165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12399108173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS40163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123991024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu123991030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12399106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI0180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612399102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412399105591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1239910255
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12399101508
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO123991029
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123991017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31239910511
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123991039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123991061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1239910712
Silver  (*)CopperAg12399105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123991021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312399103418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12399102045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312399105317
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4066



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