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Locality Name:
Holy Cross District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holy Cross District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Afterthought (Copper King; Quinn-Newman; Hunchback; Eureka; Riovista; Molalla)
Aspiring Prospect
Bimetal Group
Cinnabar Hill Group
Cripple Queen Mine
Lakeview Mine
Last Hope Mine (Elvira Of Noral)
Pyramid Mine
Scotia Mine (Silver Star No. 2 Claim)
Terrell Group
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 39°16'40"N
Longitude: 118°35'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.277777777778,-118.58361111111
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
GypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2234802,2348092793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61234805966
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62234806,23480858
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212348075509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123480511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4234802,234805,234809,23481027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12348114979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12348075707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123480227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3234802,234810,2348111382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12348052600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2234805,23480924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3234802,234804,23481130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12348022812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12348056890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32234802,23480514640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612348052228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412348055591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22234802,23480712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212348025800
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1234809716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312348091425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22234802,23480539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212348113106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25234802,234804,234805,234809,23481261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2234802,2348095186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123480921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312348083418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312348095317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1234804605


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