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Locality Name:
Fort Sage Mts, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 265739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fort Sage Mts, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Stateline Peak District

Latitude: 40°2'29"N
Longitude: 119°57'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.041388888889,-119.96611111111
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 C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAutuniteChevkiniteClayDescloiziteEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMeta-autuniteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sabugalite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2241083,2410868803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1241083706
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12410781272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212410755509
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O3241077,241082,2410851184
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)2124107989
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124108324243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124108514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124107512537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O3241076,241077,241078388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1241077443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2241083,2410864924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12410741508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1241083362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124108617380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23241080,241083,24108661156
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O124108187
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12410751101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12410851059


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