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Locality Name:
Muttlebury District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muttlebury District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Crystal Placer Deposit
Gypsite Mine
Lovelock Deposit
Muttleberry Canyon Deposit
Muttlebury Mine
Nevada Placer Gypsum Mine
North Lovelock Deposit
Satin Spar Mine
Unnamed Copper Prospect (1)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (2)
Unnamed Gold Prospect
Unnamed Gypsum Prospect
Unnamed Silver Prospect

Latitude: 40°9'27"N
Longitude: 118°20'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.1575,-118.34777777778
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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StibniteSulphurTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kermesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12407291588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22240730,2407315509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124072627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22240730,24073127198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124072624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O8240722,240723,240724,240725,240727,240728,240729,2407336890
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21240725230
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22240730,24073112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124072639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23240726,240730,24073161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124072621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32240725,2407263418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312407265317


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