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Locality Name:
Newberry District, Newberry Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newberry District, Newberry Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
AJ No. 1
Black Mountain Mining Company Mine
Camp Dupont Group
Christmas Tree Pass
Cottonwood Mine
Goldenrod Group
Homestake Group
Jackdaw Group
Jetco Claims (Yellowstone; Roman; Potential Mines; Jackdaw; Camp Thurman)
Juniper Mine
New Deal Mine (Polyanna Mine)
Rockefeller Mine (Sazarac; Rainbow; Crysocolla; Maine; Copper Queen; Bornite; Sazarac Patented Claim Group; Copper Carbonate)
St. Louis Group
Wiley Inspiration Mine

Latitude: 35°21'36"N
Longitude: 114°44'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.36,-114.74222222222
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzTetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212352695509
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12352658173
Gold  (*)CopperAu5235260,235261,235267,235268,23527130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123526114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123526912537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12352654924
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27235260,235261,235266,235267,235269,235271,23527461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3235268,235269,2352715186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312352725317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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