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


mindat Locality ID: 36519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Green Prospect
Hazel Mine
Madrasco Prospect
Niter Butte
Northwest Lovelock Indian Caves
Paragon Placer (Rim Rock Lode)
Regal Prospect
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 39°55'6"N
Longitude: 118°37'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.918333333333,-118.62333333333
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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K N Na O Pb S Sb Se Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenoliteBaryteCalciteClayFluoriteMicaNonePerovskite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileStibniteSulphur

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)Creedite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Halite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Mopungite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Niter  (*)Nitratine  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Selenium  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12348433250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123484311547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71234843450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2234843,23484427770
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O123485048
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22234843,2348459617
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O123485068
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl12348461398
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)123484356
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141234844784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612348432228
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3123484387
Mopungite  (*)PerovskiteNaSb5+(OH)612348438
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123484317380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61234843254
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1234846181
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)123484691
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123484339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22234843,23484461156
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1234843143
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31234843179
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1234843446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32234843,2348443418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12348432045
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4123484366
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31234843369


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120137Green Prospect, Lake District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120137

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