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:
Goldfield-Belmont Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 64266
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64266.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goldfield-Belmont Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°45'21"N
Longitude: 117°11'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.755833333333,-117.19388888889

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.

Clay	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Stannite

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 Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Sphalerite Stannite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Famatinite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tellurite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	163
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂	52

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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