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Locality Name:
Lida District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lida District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Florida-Goldfield Mining Company
Geraldine Mine
Thanksgiving Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Cl Cu Fe H O S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCoquimbiteMalachiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
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)212367815509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2236781,23678327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123678327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12367822970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2067
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123678124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123678112537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22236781,23678339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22236781,23678361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123678121482


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