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Locality Name:
Mineral Basin District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Basin District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Anderson Anomaly (Anderson Iron Property)
Buena Vista Iron Mine

Latitude: 39°58'19"N
Longitude: 118°8'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.971944444444,-118.14222222222
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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteClayCorundumMicaNonePyriteQuartzSpinel
Titanite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Coulsonite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212348593419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123485927770
Coulsonite  (*)SpinelFe2+V3+2O4123485916
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12348592740
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123485914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123485914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123485917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123485939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123485961156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12348594899


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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