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Locality Name:
Railroad Copper-Gold Property (Bullion Copper-Gold Project; Polymetallic Prospect; Nevada Bunker Hill Mines; Aladdin Claim; Blue Sky Claim; Tripoli Claim; Webfoot Claim; Mahogany Claim; Standing Elk Claim; Hoffman Claim; Mounted Ledge Claim; Bullion Claim, Railroad District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 304570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Railroad Copper-Gold Property (Bullion Copper-Gold Project; Polymetallic Prospect; Nevada Bunker Hill Mines; Aladdin Claim; Blue Sky Claim; Tripoli Claim; Webfoot Claim; Mahogany Claim; Standing Elk Claim; Hoffman Claim; Mounted Ledge Claim; Bullion Claim, Railroad District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°30'59"N
Longitude: 116°'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.516388888889,-116.01055555556
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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteFluoriteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWollastonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
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)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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