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Locality Name:
Jack Pot Mine (Jack Pot Claim), Desert Creek Ranch, Wilson District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 12066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jack Pot Mine (Jack Pot Claim), Desert Creek Ranch, Wilson District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°42'50"N
Longitude: 119°16'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.713888888889,-119.26777777778
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: Al C Ca Cu F H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCaledoniteDevillineEpsomiteFluoriteLinariteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupWoodwardite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Zincaluminite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O0188
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Zincaluminite  (*)Woodwardite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)05


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