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


mindat Locality ID: 36509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Desert District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Badger Patent (NBMG Sample Site 2651)
Chrysler-Bonanza Group
Desert Queen Mine
Erway Quicksilver Prospect
Fallon Eagle Mine
Highway I-80
Old English Mine (NBMG Sample Site 2649)
Red Chalcedony Prospect
Trinity Deposit
Unnamed Mine
Unnamed Prospect
White Plains Mine

Latitude: 39°48'19"N
Longitude: 118°55'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.805277777778,-118.92472222222
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGypsumNoneQuartzSmectite-vermiculite
StibniteSulphur

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123471727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123471527198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12347162600
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12347178173
Gold  (*)CopperAu2234713,23471930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12347166890
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12347211508
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26234713,234714,234715,234717,234722,23472361156
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O123472473
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12347162045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12347151101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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