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Locality Name:
Gold Point District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Point District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bullfrog-George Prospect
Great Western Mine
Hornsilver May Co. Shaft (May Claim; May Fraction Claim)
Hornsilver Mine
Mercer Bros. Mine
Ohio Mine
Ora Mae Mine (Northstar Claims; Rob Roy Nos. 1 And 2; South Randolph Mine; Wiley's Tungsten Claim; Randolph Group)
Redemption Mine
Roosevelt Mine
Seibeck Mine
Six Bits Mine
Slate Ridge Prospects
Toby Mine
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 37°19'39"N
Longitude: 117°24'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.3275,-117.40361111111
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: Ag Au Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Br C H O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Creaseyite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
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)212367005509
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr0227
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3236700,236703,2367074979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12367005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123670027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2236707,2367121382
Creaseyite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O123671327
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2236707,236711345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212367009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3236700,236701,23670724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3236700,236701,23671030554
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123670012537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1236707202
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212367005800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31236700140
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2236707,236711494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123670039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23236700,236711,23671361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123670321482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412367071655


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