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Locality Name:
Cortez District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cortez District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Benjamin Harrison Mine
Berlin Mine
Bullion Hill Mine
Caledonia Mine
Cortez Mine (Cortez Hills Deposit; Cortez Hills Underground Mine; Garrison Mine)
Cortez Silver Mine (Garrison; Arctic; St. Lows; Mt. Tenabo; Fitzgerald; Cortez Metals Mine)
Empire State Mine
Falconer Mine
Horse Canyon Mine
J. DeRevierre Property
Lewis Canyon Mines (Isaacs And Cynthia Mine)
Mill Canyon
New York Mine
Tenabo Mine

Latitude: 40°10'30"N
Longitude: 116°34'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.175,-116.57444444444
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu H O P Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCopper
CorundumDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentOwyheeitePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTurquoiseTyrolite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Redondite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2236987,2369962793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12369949052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63236987,236994,236996919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2236991,23699311547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111236987843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3236987,236991,23699427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12369944979
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1236987194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24236984,236985,236988,23699427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2236987,2369881382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12369942600
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121236987663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS9236983,236984,236985,236986,236987,236989,236993,236994,23699524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12369877437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3236987,236991,23699430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123698714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12369871689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612369912228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22236985,23698812537
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31236994511
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28123699489
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1236987716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312369941425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29236985,236986,236987,236988,236989,236992,236993,236994,23699539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23236987,236991,23699461156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1236994712
Redondite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O02
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21236987454
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3236987,236988,23699421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42236987,236994586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33236987,236988,2369943418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2236987,236988332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135236984,236987,236988,236989,2369945317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1236994484
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O1236987245
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301


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