Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bellehelen District, Kawich Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37044
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37044.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bellehelen District, Kawich Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine
Bellehelen
Ben Hur Mine
Peterson Mine [?]
South Star Mine [?]
Squawtip

Latitude: 38°2'40"N
Longitude: 116°26'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.044444444444,-116.44194444444

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.

Acanthite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Talc

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 Au Cl Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anatase ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	239649	2793
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	239649,239651	1382
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	239649,239651	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	239651	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	239644	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	239651	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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