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Locality Name:
Dutch Flat District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36836
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36836.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dutch Flat District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Dutch Flat Mine
Dutch Flat Placer Deposit
El Paso Mine
K & K Mine (Aurum Co. Mine; Red Devil Mine; Golconda Quicksilver Mine)
Last Chance Mine
Silver Hill Mine
Unnamed Prospect (10)
Unnamed Prospect (3)
Unnamed Prospect (4)
Unnamed Prospect (5)
Unnamed Prospect (6)
Unnamed Prospect (7)
Unnamed Prospect (8)
Unnamed Prospect (9)

Latitude: 41°9'15"N
Longitude: 117°29'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.154166666667,-117.49
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteNonePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12372942734
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12372944979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123729427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4237289,237290,237292,2372932600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12372944165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2237294,23730224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2237290,23729130554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212372891898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123729439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210237291,237294,237295,237296,237297,237298,237299,237300,237301,23730261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3237290,237298,2372994894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2237294,23730221482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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