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


mindat Locality ID: 36511
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36511.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Buffalo Canyon Road
Buffalo Hump Mine
Carroll Summit
Cold Springs Prospect (Oroplata Claims)
Eastgate Deposit
Gamma Group Nos. 1&2 (Gamma Lignite Prospect)
Gold Ledge Mine
Gold Trail Group
Great Basin Resources Claim Area
Last Chance Claims
Lignite Beds
Manganese Prospect
Rock Creek Claims
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Vargas And Basquez Prospect
Ze Obras

Latitude: 39°16'18"N
Longitude: 117°49'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.271666666667,-117.81888888889
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 Au Ca F Fe H K Mn Na O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteColumbiteCopperCorundumFluoriteGypsumMordeniteNoneQuartzSpinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12347402793
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212347509617
Gold  (*)CopperAu2234738,23474030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12347476890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123473914640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1234750469
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123473914899
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1234741405
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22234740,23474361156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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