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Locality Name:
New York Canyon, Reese River District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 59775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New York Canyon, Reese River District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cambrian And New York Mine
Chase Mine
Confidence Mine
Maricopa Prospect
Morris And Cable Tunnel (Morris And Caple Tunnel)
Patriot Mine
True Blue Tunnel
Watt Mine (Cambrian Mine)
Whitlach Yankee Blade Mine

Latitude: 39°32'33"N
Longitude: 117°3'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.5425,-117.05027777778
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 Al As C Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cu H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneArsenopyriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderotil  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12383429052
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123834227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123834224243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1238343915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212383425800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123834317380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31238342733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23238340,238342,23834339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24238337,238340,238342,23834361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212383435614
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O123834384
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123834221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312383425317


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