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Locality Name:
Chalk Mountain, Chalk Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 247161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chalk Mountain, Chalk Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chalk Mountain Mine

Latitude: 39°19'33"N
Longitude: 118°7'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.325833333333,-118.12055555556
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChloriteClayCopperCorundumDescloizite
FluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltScheelite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Copper  (*)Descloizite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12346852734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123468527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12346854979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12346851382
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812346851756
Copper  (*)CopperCu12346853846
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1234685378
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212346859617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123468524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123468514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12346851689
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1234685341
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21234685265
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2123468534
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12346851107
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61234685477
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12346861725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123468561156
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1234685605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412346851655


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