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Locality Name:
Spencer Hot Springs District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36715
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36715.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spencer Hot Springs District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Broncho Prospect
Conquest Mine
Linka Mine (Garnetite Mine)

Latitude: 39°17'41"N
Longitude: 116°49'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.294722222222,-116.8325
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si V W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundum
DescloiziteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumJunoiteMolybdeniteNonePottsitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzScheeliteVesuvianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Andradite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinobisvanite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Eulytine  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Junoite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pottsite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212384183419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12384188803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1238418470
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312384181534
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1238418716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2238417,23841827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12384184979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22238417,23841827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12384183531
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)123841836
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612384184135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2238417,2384188173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3123841872
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312384181544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12384186890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123841814640
Junoite  (*)JunoiteCu2Pb3Bi8(S,Se)16123841818
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12384181107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22238417,2384185800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1238418362
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12384182994
Pottsite  (*)Pottsite(Pb3Bi)Bi(VO4)4·H2O12384184
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2238417,238418494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22238417,23841839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22238417,23841861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2238417,2384184894
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1238418605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012384181395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070401Linka Mine (Garnetite Mine), Spencer Hot Springs District, Lander Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070401

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