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Locality Name:
Fondaway Canyon Mine (Paperweight-Half Moon; Hamburger Hill), Shady Run District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 304147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fondaway Canyon Mine (Paperweight-Half Moon; Hamburger Hill), Shady Run District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Colorado Deposit
Quick-Tung Property (Fisk Tungsten Mine)
Reed Deposit
South Mouth Deposit

Latitude: 39°48'12"N
Longitude: 118°12'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.803333333333,-118.21416666667
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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe Hg O S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNickelineNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Gold  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123491027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12349092600
Gold  (*)CopperAu123490930554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123490939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22234909,23491061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2234909,2349104894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32234909,2349103418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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