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Locality Name:
Sand Springs District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36523
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36523.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sand Springs District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Apache Mercury Claims (NBMG Samplesites 1476; 1477)
Dan Tucker Mine
Jones Scheelite Mine (Long Stretch)
Kinney Mine
Lucky Boy Canyon
Lucky Boy Deposit
Puzzle Claim
Red Ant Mine (Big Chief; East End; South Sand Springs; V. Cye Cox; Mc Coy; Revely; Red Bird)
Red Top Scheelite Mine
Road Cuts
Standard Tungsten Claims (Stardust Claims; NBMG Sample Site 3852)
Stardust Claims (North Sand Springs Range; Corona; Garnet; Snowflower Group; Shamrock Claims #2 And #3; NBMG Sample Sites #3856; 3857.)
Summit King Mine (Dan Tucker Mine)
Summit Queen Mine
Tes And Sas Claims (NBMG Sample Sites 3915; 3916)
Twilight Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Prospects
Zeolite Deposit

Latitude: 39°14'30"N
Longitude: 118°21'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.241666666667,-118.3575
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChloritoidClinozoisiteCopperEpidote
GarnetMordeniteNonePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteVesuvianite
Wollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3234883,234892,2348932793
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512348891310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12348869052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123489311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4234880,234890,234891,23489227770
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2234883,2348921382
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21234889376
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12348802600
Copper  (*)CopperCu12348873846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612348914135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212348809895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3234887,234890,2348918173
Gold  (*)CopperAu2234883,23489230554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1234898405
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2234892,234893716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1234897494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22234891,23489239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29234883,234884,234885,234887,234890,234892,234893,234894,23489661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)6234882,234887,234888,234890,234891,2348974894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12348835186
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012348911395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312348911247


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