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Locality Name:
Morey Mine, Morey District, Hot Creek Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 20083
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20083.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morey Mine, Morey District, Hot Creek Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
American Eagle Vein
Cedar Vein
Magnolia Vein

Latitude: 38°40'0"N
Longitude: 116°15'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.666666666667,-116.25
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 C Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Mn O Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBotryogenCalciteCopiapiteCopperLillianiteNoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeitePyrite
QuartzRutileSphaleriteStarkeyiteWurtziteXanthoconiteZinkenite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Botryogen  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O123960645
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111239606843
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212396065171
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12396043531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1239606382
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S80126
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1239606107
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S48054
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12396061689
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141239606784
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28089
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123960639462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3084
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123960661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1239606293
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123960621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31239606369
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1239606372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S421239606228


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