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Locality Name:
Crow Springs District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crow Springs District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Crow Spring Mine (Blue Friday Mine; Petry Mine)
Johnson Mine
Margaritte Mine (Marguerite Mine; Star Mine; Copper Queen Mine)
Mickspot Mine
Perlex Corp. Mine

Latitude: 38°16'35"N
Longitude: 117°37'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.276388888889,-117.62222222222
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 As C Cu Fe H Mo N O P S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H N O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenoliteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperFeldsparMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzStibniteTurquoise

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Buddingtonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31236637231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12366379052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22236636,2366375509
Buddingtonite  (*)Feldspar(NH4)(AlSi3)O8027
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22236636,23663727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12366373846
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23236635,236636,23663712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212366365800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123663739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123663761156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12366371153
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312366373418
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O3236634,236636,236638484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O2236634,236636301


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