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Locality Name:
Mike Deposit, Maggie Creek District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 231282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mike Deposit, Maggie Creek District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Main Mike Deposit
West Mike Deposit

Latitude: 40°48'16"N
Longitude: 116°14'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.804444444444,-116.23805555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Adelite	Allophane	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Digenite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise

Alunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Turquoise ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Andalusite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Digenite Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Turquoise

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	237160	966
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	237160	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	237160	1935
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	237160	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	237160,237161	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	237160	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	237160	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	237160	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	237160	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	237160	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	237160	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	237160	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	237161	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	237160,237161	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	237160,237161	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	237160	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	237161	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	237160	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	237161	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	237160	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	237160	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	237160	1508
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	237161	511
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	237160	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	237160,237161	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	237160,237161	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	237161	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	237160	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	237160	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	237160,237161	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	237160	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	237160	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	237160	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	237160	510
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	237160	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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