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Locality Name:
Whitney Pocket Basin, Bunkerville District, Virgin Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 278493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitney Pocket Basin, Bunkerville District, Virgin Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
East Nos. 51-57 Claims (Virgin Mountains Isa; East No5. 51-57)
Key West Mine

Latitude: 36°36'57"N
Longitude: 114°9'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.615833333333,-114.16638888889

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 Bi C Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMeloniteMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTalcUllmannite
Vivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Palladium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Violarite  (*)
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)212355135509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612355131633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1235513925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123551327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412355133902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12355133531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12355132970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1235513814
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)2123551325
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)1235513111
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)1235513116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123551314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123551312537
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe21235513155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe1235513114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS12355131066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212355135800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)21235513133
Palladium  (*)CopperPd123551359
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812355131512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S41235513131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123551339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812355139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123551361156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21235513337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123551321482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212355133337
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41235513380



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