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Locality Name:
Main Mike Deposit, Mike Deposit, Maggie Creek District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 231283
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231283.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Main Mike Deposit, Mike Deposit, Maggie Creek District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDigenite
MalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTurquoise

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
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
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484


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