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


mindat Locality ID: 36530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Westgate District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Caddy Mine (Silver Pride; The Maybe)
Merkt Prospect
Silver Bell Mine
Unnamed Lead Prospect
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Westgate Mine

Latitude: 39°18'0"N
Longitude: 118°3'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.3,-118.05722222222
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cl Cu H O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAragoniteCalciteClinozoisiteCobaltiteEpidoteFluoriteLinariteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinelStibniteVivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mcguinnessite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61234969919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)123496771
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123496727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12349694979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12349693531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12349671025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1234967966
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212349649617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123496924243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12349671689
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)1234967111
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O123496760
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21234969987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123496912537
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2123496934
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123496361156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41234967249
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312349633418
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43234967,234968,2349691655
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2234967,2349691025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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