Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mountain View District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37026
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37026.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mountain View District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
George W. Hill Claim
Mountain View And Granite Area
Mountain View Mine
Republic Mine
Roadcut
Walker Lake Prospect
Wassuk Range
White Mountain
Yerrington Mountain Copper Co. (Beach Vein; Black Mountain Copper Co.?)

Latitude: 38°57'13"N
Longitude: 118°53'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.953611111111,-118.89277777778

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite

Andradite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Cu Fe H O S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Garnet Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Spinel Sulphur Titanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	2	239293,239299	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	239299	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	239293,239299	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	239299	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	239299	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	239299	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	239301	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	239299,239301	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	239293,239299	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	239293,239299	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	239295	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	239295	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	239293,239299,239301	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	239299,239301	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	239291,239292	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	239290	4894
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	239291	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	239294	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	239300	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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