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Locality Name:
Shoshone Mts, Lander Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 158295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shoshone Mts, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mule Canyon
Mule Canyon Deposit
Whiskey Gulch

Latitude: 40°35'36"N
Longitude: 116°40'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.593333333333,-116.66944444444
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Sb Se Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousArsenopyriteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperDevilline
MarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Opal  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12384012793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS123840187
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41238402246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12384019052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123840127770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1238402925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123840127198
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1238402366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212384019895
Gold  (*)CopperAu123840130554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612384012228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1238402593
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212384015674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123840117380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se1238401192
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12384012994
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1238401716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312384011425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123840139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123840161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123840121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312384013418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312384015317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1238400433


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