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Locality Name:
Black Horse District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Horse District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Black Horse Mine (Alice Mine)
King And Queen Mine
Maxwell Mine
Molly Claim
Sorensen Construction Co. Mine

Latitude: 38°0'54"N
Longitude: 118°6'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.015,-118.11472222222

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzScheeliteVesuvianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3236592,236593,23659411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212365915800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1236591494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123659161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12365914894
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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