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Locality Name:
Mountain Wells District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mountain Wells District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Black Hills Prospect
Dixie Mine
Elevenmile Adit
LaPlata Mine (Michigan Prospect)
One Mile Claims
Popcorn Prospect (Wrangell)
Unnamed Lead Prospect
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 39°24'23"N
Longitude: 118°17'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.406388888889,-118.29777777778
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu H K O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Creedite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512348641310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123486327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12348682600
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O123486448
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212348649895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23234861,234862,2348649617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123486324243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O123486468
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212348635800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123486339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24234862,234863,234864,23486561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12348664894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312348635317


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