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Locality Name:
Monitor Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 262537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monitor Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Danville District
Ellendale District
Hannapah District
Longstreet District

Latitude: 38°19'15"N
Longitude: 116°47'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.320833333333,-116.79166666667
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteCopperMalachiteMolybdeniteMordeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Selenium  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22239774,2397755509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3239762,239766,23977311547
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3239757,239774,23979624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4239770,239771,239777,23979130554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62239771,2397882228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22239774,23977512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212397915800
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1239776405
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1239787716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312397781425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28239769,239780,239787,239788,239793,239795,239796,23979839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211239762,239774,239775,239777,239780,239787,239788,239793,239795,239796,23979861156
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1239766143
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123979621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33239760,239762,2397663418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312397955317


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