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Locality Name:
Killie Mine (Latham Mine; Kille Mine; Nevada Lead Mine), Spruce Mountain District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 25467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25467.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Killie Mine (Latham Mine; Kille Mine; Nevada Lead Mine), Spruce Mountain District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°32'59"N
Longitude: 114°48'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.549722222222,-114.81638888889
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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeFornaciteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyroxene
RocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fornacite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Vauquelinite  (*)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)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)20172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)20178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)085
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)0446
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)063
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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