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Locality Name:
Cortez Mine (Cortez Hills Deposit; Cortez Hills Underground Mine; Garrison Mine), Cortez District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36870
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36870.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cortez Mine (Cortez Hills Deposit; Cortez Hills Underground Mine; Garrison Mine), Cortez District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°9'19"N
Longitude: 116°36'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.155277777778,-116.61361111111
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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcophylliteCopperCorundumDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTyrolite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245


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