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Locality Name:
Higgins Corner, Spenceville District, Nevada Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 268784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Higgins Corner, Spenceville District, Nevada Co., California, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Cautier Ranch Prospect
Cedar Quartz Mine
Gautier Ranch Occurrence
Gleason Deposit (Golden Eagle; Western Copper Company Prospect; Arkansas Travler; Jackson; Legion; Mineral Hill Mining And Smeltering; Last Chance; 16 To 1)
Holly Mine And Milling Company Mine
Live Oak Consolidated Quartz Mine (Live Oak Con Qtz.; Griffith; Davis)
Nickerson Ranch Prospect
Smith Mine (Smith Prospect)
Unnamed Cu-Hg-Au Prospects [1]
Wren Ranch Mine (Mangatop)

Latitude: 39°2'22"N
Longitude: 121°6'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.039444444444,-121.11194444444
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperGarnetHumiteMalachiteNoneOlivine
PyriteQuartzRhodoniteSerpentineSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bementite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Malachite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Sonolite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81166302173
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116630327770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)4116630283
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116629727198
Gold  (*)CopperAu3166299,166300,16630130554
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41166302350
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2116629712537
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)1166302186
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23166297,166301,16630239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22166300,16630361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11663021711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1166302969
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)2116630250
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311663021214
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1166302240


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