Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lake Las Vegas Basalt Outcrop, Las Vegas District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 291214
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291214.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Las Vegas Basalt Outcrop, Las Vegas District, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°5'20"N
Longitude: 114°54'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.088888888889,-114.91555555556

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Harmotome	Mica	Natrolite	None	Thomsonite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chabazite Clay Harmotome Mica Natrolite None Thomsonite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Cowlesite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	309
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	84
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	75
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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