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Locality Name:
Big Creek District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36864
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36864.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Creek District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Antimony King Mine (Pine Mine)
Big Creek Mine
Bray Prospect
Bray-Beulah Mine (Genesee Mine)
Commodore Mine
Confidence Mine
Dry Canyon Mine
Dry Canyon Mine (Antimony No. 4 Mine)
Hard Luck-Pradier Mine (Romano Mine)
Mammoth Mine
Mountain View Mine
Stokes Mine

Latitude: 39°23'26"N
Longitude: 117°6'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.390555555556,-117.10222222222
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 Br C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212378655509
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1237867227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123785927770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Graphite  (*)NoneC12378622812
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21237859230
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24237859,237862,237866,23786739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24237859,237862,237866,23786761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123786621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34237859,237862,237866,2378673418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134237862,237865,237866,2378675317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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