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Locality Name:
Lucin District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36686
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36686.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lucin District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Central Pacific Mine
Tecoma Claim Group (Tecoma Hill Property; Tecoma South Side; Sunset; And Patchee Claims)
Uneeta Claim (Soliday Claim)

Latitude: 41°15'8"N
Longitude: 114°2'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.252222222222,-114.045

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12362452734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123624527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12362454979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123624527198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123624524243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12362451689
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123624539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123624561156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12362452473
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412362451655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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