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Locality Name:
Hussman Spring, Black Mountain, Wassuk Range, Mountain View District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 276423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hussman Spring, Black Mountain, Wassuk Range, Mountain View District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Northern Lights Mine

Latitude: 38°54'27"N
Longitude: 118°53'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.9075,-118.89444444444

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41239299246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12392993250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212392995509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412392995516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123929927770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1239299925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123929927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12392993846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12392992970
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123929912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123929939462



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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