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Locality Name:
Tem Piute District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36919
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36919.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tem Piute District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cammon Claims
Free Tunnel Mine
Lincoln Mine (Tem Piute Mine; Emerson Mine; North Tempiute; South Thumb; Tempiute; Wah Chang Tungsten Mine)
New Tem Piute Mine
North Tem Piute Mine (Schofield Mine)
Old Tem Piute Mine

Latitude: 37°38'13"N
Longitude: 115°37'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.636944444444,-115.62722222222
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluorite
GarnetGypsumIlvaiteKobelliteMarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22238756,2387583419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312387561534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12387563250
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2238755,2387561966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33238755,238756,2387581935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2238756,23875827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123875627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12387542600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12387581025
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52238755,238756344
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62238756,2387584135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2238756,2387588173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22238756,2387589617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2238755,23875624243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S42238755,238756192
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312387561544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2238756,2387586890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123875814640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)3238755,238756,238758197
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123875614899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212387565674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1238759388
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22238756,2387585800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123875617380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2238756,238758494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23238756,238758,23875939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82238756,2387589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22238756,23875861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2238756,2387584894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12387566417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2238756,23875821482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212387562562


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