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Locality Name:
Nellis Air Force Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 158296
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158296.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nellis Air Force Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Belted Range
Roller Coaster Laccolith
Unnamed Prospect
Wilson's Camp

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 As Au Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteFluoriteMeloniteNoneOlivinePyriteQuartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412398195516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21239821361
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123981927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12398193531
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1239817371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212398189617
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123981839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22239818,23981961156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12398211153



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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