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Locality Name:
Dean Mine (Cumberland Mine), Lewis District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 10516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dean Mine (Cumberland Mine), Lewis District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°25'46"N
Longitude: 116°50'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.429444444444,-116.84583333333
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 As Au Ba Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryteCopperNoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeitePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteUytenbogaardtiteXanthoconite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aguilarite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Gold  (*)Hocartite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodostannite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Silver  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS087
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6091
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS4031
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS20230
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28089
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3084
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodostannite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Fe2+0.5Sn4+1.5)S4010
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O053
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2046


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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