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Locality Name:
San Antone District, San Antonio Mts, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Antone District, San Antonio Mts, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Blue Jack Prospect
Cimarron Mine
Clipper Number Three Mine
Defense Prospect
Florence Mine
Hall Molybdenum Mine (Hall's Mine; Anaconda Mine; Liberty Mine; Cyprus Tonopah Mine; Chicago Group; Treasure Hill Group; Nevada Moly Project; Equatorial Copper Mine; Tonopah Copper Mine; Hall-Hand Property; Hall Moly Mine; Liberty Mine; Hall Copper Mine;
Juniper Mine
Liberty Mine
Macedon Silver Mining Co. Mine
San Antonio Mine
Victory Prospect

Latitude: 38°19'9"N
Longitude: 117°16'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.319166666667,-117.27833333333
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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiasporeFluorite
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Creedite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12400082793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12400052734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22240005,2400065509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124000611547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12400054979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12400065707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124000627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3240007,240008,2400091382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12400013531
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O124000648
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1240006345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212400069617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2240005,24000624243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O124000668
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12400067437
Gold  (*)CopperAu124000130554
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)1240006123
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612400102228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124000614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22240005,24000612537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1240006443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212400065800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124000617380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1240006494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23240005,240006,24001039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22240006,24001061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3240007,240008,2400095186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124000621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42240007,240009586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312400065317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12400061059


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