Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Big Creek District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36864
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36864.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Creek District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Antimony King Mine (Pine Mine)
Big Creek Mine
Bray Prospect
Bray-Beulah Mine (Genesee Mine)
Commodore Mine
Confidence Mine
Dry Canyon Mine
Dry Canyon Mine (Antimony No. 4 Mine)
Hard Luck-Pradier Mine (Romano Mine)
Mammoth Mine
Mountain View Mine
Stokes Mine

Latitude: 39°23'26"N
Longitude: 117°6'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.390555555556,-117.10222222222

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.

Calcite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

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 Br C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Graphite ()*
Kermesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	237865	5509
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	237867	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	237859	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	0		352
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	237862	2812
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	237859	230
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	237859,237862,237866,237867	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	237859,237862,237866,237867	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	237866	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	237859,237862,237866,237867	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	237862,237865,237866,237867	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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