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Locality Name:
Gold Run District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Run District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Adelaide Mine
Crown Mine (Adelaine Crown Mine)
Forgotten Claim
Gold Run Creek Placers
Major Claim
Molly Claims
Unnamed Prospects
Wilcox Tungsten Prospect

Latitude: 40°48'27"N
Longitude: 117°30'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.8075,-117.51083333333
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 F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H O Pb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGarnetMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteVesuvianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2237322,23732627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22237322,23732727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2237322,23732624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu123732530554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123732814640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212373275800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31237327140
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1237327494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123732739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812373229056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24237323,237326,237327,23732861156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1237326969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2237322,2373274894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123732221482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012373221395


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