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Locality Name:
Rhyolite Pass, Luning, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 279456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rhyolite Pass, Luning, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unnamed Prospect (2)

Latitude: 38°39'14"N
Longitude: 118°14'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.653888888889,-118.24027777778
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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Na O P Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteArsenopyriteArthuriteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteConnellite
GilmariteMalachiteNonePharmacosideriteRocksaltWalentaite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Dussertite  (*)Gilmarite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Walentaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61239125966
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)123912524
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12391259052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O123912535
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O1239125150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123912511547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21239125172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61239125413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612391251633
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12391251382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12391252600
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1239125363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1239125295
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41239125175
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1239125220
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6123912533
Gilmarite  (*)GilmariteCu2+3(AsO4)(OH)308
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O1239125149
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123912512537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12391251107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1239125492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1239125428
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61239125477
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)61239125134
Walentaite  (*)Walentaite[Mn(H2O)6][   As3+3Fe3+3(PO4)2O7]12391256


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