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Locality Name:
Morey District, Hot Creek Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 31643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morey District, Hot Creek Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Brigham Group Of Claims
Hardhat Project
Jack Group (formerly Six Mile Claim)
Keyser Mine
Monetary Vein
Morey Mine
Mt. Airey Vein
Peytona Vein
Point Of Rocks Mine
Titus Locality
Titus Prospect
Topside Mine
Wist Mine

Latitude: 38°32'59"N
Longitude: 116°25'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.549722222222,-116.41666666667
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 C Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBotryogenBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
CopiapiteCopperCovelliteLillianiteMalachiteMelanteriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OwyheeitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStarkeyiteStibniteSulphur
TetrahedriteWurtziteXanthoconiteZinkenite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Botryogen  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)
Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Plagionite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1239601312
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12396019052
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O123960645
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112239601,239606843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6123960191
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22239601,2396065171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23239599,239601,23961227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12396043531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12396112600
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1239606382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2239601,2396124165
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S82239601,239603126
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1239606107
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S482239601,23960354
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS30105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123960124243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12396061689
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142239601,239606784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS21239603300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23239599,239601,2396125800
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S282239601,23960389
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S170100
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32239601,2396031425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24239599,239601,239606,23961239462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3123960384
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82239601,2396129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24239599,239601,239606,23961361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2239601,2396031711
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1239606293
Silver  (*)CopperAg12396035186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3239601,239603,23960621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42239601,239603586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1239611446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32239601,2396113418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12396112045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12396001059
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32239606,239611369
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1239606372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S422239601,239606228


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