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Locality Name:
Eldorado District (Colorado District), Eldorado Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36551
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36551.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eldorado District (Colorado District), Eldorado Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Bel Claims (Nel Claims)
Belmont-Phoenix Mine (Oro Plata Mine)
Big Horn Claims (Inex Claimsudy Area)
Buster Claim
Capitol Mine
Eldorado Crown Mining Co. Mine
Eldorado Empire Mining Co. Mine
Eldorado Gold Property (WBG Deposit; Wall Street; Black Hawk; Gracey)
Eldorado Mine (Techatticup Mine; Eldorada Canyon Project; Eldorado Project 0320030738; Techatticup Mine & Ptl 0320030184)
Eldorado Rand Group
Eldorado Rover Mining Co. Group
Golden Empire Mine
Gresh Group
Jenko Mine & Mill
Jubilee Mine
Little Eoluppus Mine
Mocking Bird Mine
Montana Claim
Montezuma Claims (Urbain; Montezuma No. 1; Pizzaro)
Morton Mine
Newberry Prospect
Nob Hill (Combination Mine; Rich Hill; Silver Legion)
Patsy Mine
Techatticup Mine
Tonne Claim
Unnamed Prospect (Winter Prospect)

Latitude: 35°41'48"N
Longitude: 114°50'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.696666666667,-114.83694444444
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mo Nb O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperCorundumFeldsparFornacite
IraniteMalachiteNonePhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemihedrite  (*)Iranite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Phoenicochroite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4235065,235069,235070,23507127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123506827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2235081,2350871382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12350923531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12350912600
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61235086518
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)123509485
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4235068,235085,235087,23509224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu10235062,235065,235068,235069,235070,235072,235078,235087,235091,23509230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123506514640
Hemihedrite  (*)IraniteZnPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2123509414
Iranite  (*)IraniteCuPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2123509411
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612350932228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123506112537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1235091397
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12350864924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12350941107
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)123509435
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24235068,235071,235087,23509239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218235061,235062,235063,235064,235065,235066,235068,235069,235070,235071,235072,235077,235080,235082,235083,235087,235092,23509461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12350725186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3235068,235087,23509221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41235081586
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41235094303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412350941655


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