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Locality Name:
Bernice District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bernice District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Antimony King Mine (Solomonking; Solomon; Volks; Blue Bird; Van Reed; Turley; J.P. Williams)
Arrance Prospect
Bernice Mine (Old Williams Mine)
Blue Bird Group
Blue Eagle Group
Blue Jacket (Gannow Lead-Zinc)
Drumm Mine
Far South Marguerite Prospect
Hoyt Mine
I. H. X. Mine
Last Hope Prospect
Lofthouse Mine
Marguerite Group
Spring Creek Prospect

Latitude: 39°45'5"N
Longitude: 117°45'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.751388888889,-117.76638888889
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteClayCopperMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzScheelite
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3234653,234655,2346619052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3234661,234664,23466527770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O43234653,234662,234664352
Gold  (*)CopperAu4234653,234655,234659,23466530554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142234655,234664784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21234664230
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212346615674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123466017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25234653,234654,234655,234661,23466239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210234653,234655,234657,234659,234660,234661,234662,234663,234664,23466561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12346614894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123465321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311234653,234654,234655,234657,234659,234660,234661,234662,234663,234664,2346653418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132234661,2346645317


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