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Locality Name:
Ten Mile District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ten Mile District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Atlas Mine
Barrett Springs Mine
Blue Mountain
Lizard Ridge Mine
Mad Mutha Mine
Nevada Consolidated Mine
Pansy Lee Mine (West Coast Mine)
Ten Mile Mine
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Unnamed Prospect (3)
W. P. Mine

Latitude: 41°0'33"N
Longitude: 117°56'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.009166666667,-117.94055555556
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperNonePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12375349052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123753427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123753827198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2237534,23753824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3237530,237531,23753230554
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21237539230
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12375291508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123753839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28237528,237529,237531,237532,237533,237534,237536,23753861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123753421482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1237539446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32237534,2375393418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312375345317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31237539369


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