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Locality Name:
Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 10132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
McGinnity Shaft
Sheets-Ish Lease

Latitude: 37°42'58"N
Longitude: 117°13'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.716111111111,-117.22583333333
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 Bi Cu Fe H K Na O S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi Cu Fe H K Na O S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteNonePyrite
QuartzSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Blakeite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Emmonsite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Mackayite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Natroalunite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sonoraite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123673811547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Blakeite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3 (?)04
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O123673834
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS40163
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12367387437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13072
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Mackayite  (*)NoneFe3+Te4+2O5(OH)2236738,23673912
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)60128
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sonoraite  (*)NoneFe3+(Te4+O3)(OH)·H2O123673811
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123673821482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe40337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2123673852
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe0190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1236738372


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110021Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110021
R110023Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110023

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