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Locality Name:
Spruce Mountain District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spruce Mountain District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Ada H Mine (Spruce Standard Mine)
Atlantic Prospect (Black Forest; Nevada Monarch Consolidated)
Badger Mine
Banner Hill Group
Bingle Prospect (Bingo Prospect)
Black Forest Mine (Missouri Monarch Consolidated Mine)
Bronco Tunnel
Bullshead Mine
Copper Queen Mine
Fourth Of July Mine
Hartley Claim
Humbug Mine (Parker Mine; Humbug Group; Humbug-Parker)
Index Mine (Black Forest Mine)
Juniper Mine
Keystone Mine (Banner Hill Claim)
Killie Mine (Latham Mine; Kille Mine; Nevada Lead Mine)
Monarch Mine (Spruce Monarch Mine; Monarch-Black Forest Mine)
Never Sweat Prospect (Big Four Prospect)
Paramount Mine
Porphyry Tunnel
Spence Mine
Spruce Standard Mine (Standard Mine)
Tramp Shaft
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 40°33'45"N
Longitude: 114°49'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.5625,-114.825

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Carminite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Fornacite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bayldonite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Corkite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Carminite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Fornacite Kaolinite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	236470,236486	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	236479,236480	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	236480,236486	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	236480	5509
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	236480	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	236480	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	236468,236480	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	236476,236486	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	236480	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	11	236465,236470,236473,236474,236475,236476,236478,236479,236480,236481,236483	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	236468,236480	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	236465,236468,236480,236483,236485,236486,236487	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	236480,236485	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	236468,236482	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	236480	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	236480	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	236468,236476,236480,236486	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	236486	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	236480	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	236470,236472,236478,236479,236480,236481,236486	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	236480,236486	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	236480	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	236486	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	236465,236477,236478,236480	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	236480	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	236480	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	236470,236484	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	236486	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	236467,236473,236480,236482,236485,236486	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	236480	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	236472,236486	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	236470,236480	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	236470,236473,236476,236480,236484,236486,236487,236488	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	236480	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	236465,236476,236484,236486	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	236480	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	236466,236481	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	236480	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	236480,236486	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	236480	446
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	236480	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	236486	2562
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	1	236480	63
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	236468,236479,236480	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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