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Locality Name:
Carson City District, Carson City, Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 61050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carson City District, Carson City, Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
8-Spot Prospect
Andy Carrigan's Gold Prospect
Carson Mine
Lucky Bird Claim
Lucky Strike Claim
North Carson Mines
Prison Hill Prospects
Prison Stone Quarry
Strong Mine
Unnamed Placers
Unnamed Prospect Pits (NBMG Sample Site #3649)
Vicee Canyon

Latitude: 39°10'49"N
Longitude: 119°44'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.180277777778,-119.74972222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Ba Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg O S W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteBaryteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGypsumHalotrichiteMeta-autuniteNatrolite
NoneQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chromite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12345911272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2234597,23459911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412345965516
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412346003902
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12346028173
Gold  (*)CopperAu123460030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12345986890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312345975433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123460014899
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O3234591,234594,234595388
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12345971236
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123459761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212345975614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12346005251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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