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


mindat Locality ID: 36700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swales Mountain District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bad Apple Claims
Big Three (Chaliebois; Big Four)
Edgar Turquoise Mine
Fish Creek Mine (Big Three Mine; Roan Claims; Chaliebois; Big Four)
Gold Prospect #1
Gold Prospect #3 (part Of High Top Claims?)
Gold Prospect #4
Heavy Spar Mine
High Top Claims (Gold Prospect #2)
Longshot Mine (Cottonwood Creek)

Latitude: 40°55'55"N
Longitude: 116°5'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.931944444444,-116.09444444444
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteKaoliniteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteTurquoise

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4236491,236493,236497,23649911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412364955516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2236494,23649827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123649527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12364953531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612364954135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3236494,236495,2364988173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33236493,236495,23649814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2236494,2364981689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412364905591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23236494,236495,23649812537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12364931508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22236495,23649839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25236493,236494,236495,236497,23649961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12364984894
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1236492484


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