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Locality Name:
Ravenswood District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36881
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36881.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ravenswood District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
A. J. C. No. 5 Claim
Malloy Prospect
Patterson Pass Mine
Pine Mine
Queen Mine
Ralph King Mine
Rast Property (Lombardy Property)
Red Bird Mine
Reward Prospects
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 39°43'59"N
Longitude: 117°16'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.733055555556,-117.26916666667
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 Ba Bi C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cl Cu H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteChalcopyriteLillianiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTurquoise

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123816311547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12381621966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312381621935
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123816027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3238156,238160,23816224243
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S9123816266
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123816039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123816061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123816021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1238162190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1238159484


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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