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


mindat Locality ID: 36528
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36528.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Truckee District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bolide Prospect (Parnasus; Fireball; Coffee Time; FBS)
Fireball Ridge Prospects
Fly By Nite Hot Mine
Hot Streak Prospect (Arc; Hot Fireball; Flat)
Nezelda Mine

Latitude: 39°52'15"N
Longitude: 119°4'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.870833333333,-119.08194444444
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: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAndalusiteArseniosideriteBaryteCalciteNonePharmacosideriteQuartzRocksalt
SpinelTyrolite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Galena  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12349472734
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O1234947194
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123494727770
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)31234947127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1234947363
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41234947175
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123494724243
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612349472228
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O1234947149
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123494714899
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1234947492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1234947428
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123494761156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12349471153
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O1234947245


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