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Locality Name:
Ferber District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferber District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Ajax Claim
Big Chief Mine
Bradley Consolidated Group (Bradley; Martha Washington No. 3 & 3B Claims)
Elko Claim
Great Eastern Group
Isaac Newton Consolidated Group (Golden Brick; Eva May)
Mammoth Claim
Martha Washington Mine
Minnie Group
Oregon No. 5 Claim
Red Cloud Mine
Regent Mine
Sadie D Group (Copper Queen)
Salt Lake Group (Covellite Claim)
Sears Claims
Sidong Claims (Knowlton Claims)
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Prospect (F-17)
Unnamed Prospect (F-18)

Latitude: 40°14'19"N
Longitude: 114°5'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.238611111111,-114.09138888889
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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidote
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSepioliteTalc

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sepiolite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)
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)212359335509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412359275516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4235924,235927,235936,23593727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4235921,235927,235930,2359314979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2235927,2359335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123592727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4235924,235927,235933,2359353531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2235927,2359333846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2235927,2359338173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123592724243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O62235927,235928741
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25235920,235921,235930,235933,23593512537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12359362994
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62235927,235931477
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22235927,23593161156
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1235936241
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212359363337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2235927,2359381101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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