Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chalk Mountain Mine, Chalk Mountain, Chalk Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 7731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chalk Mountain Mine, Chalk Mountain, Chalk Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hanlase Drift

Latitude: 39°19'0"N
Longitude: 118°7'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.316666666667,-118.11666666667

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite
Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Descloizite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Descloizite
Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	0		378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	0		341
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		265
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		34
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	0		1107
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		477
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	234686	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	0		605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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