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Locality Name:
Tule Canyon District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tule Canyon District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Army Prospect (Sorenson Prospect)
Cucomungo Mine (Siskon Mine)
Cucomungo Spring
Eagle Mine
Los Angeles Rock & Gravel Co. Placers
McBoyle Prospect
Ray White Placers
Roper Adit
Unnamed Placers
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 37°21'21"N
Longitude: 117°36'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.355833333333,-117.615
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteBismutiteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteGypsumMelanteriteMeneghinite
MolybdeniteNadoriteNonePyriteQuartzRutileScheelite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Perite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31236938315
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2123693896
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1236938716
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2236930,2369318173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212369299617
Gold  (*)CopperAu4236932,236933,236935,23693730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12369306890
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)1236936123
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612369302228
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6123693880
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1236934915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12369381107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22236930,2369345800
Perite  (*)NadoritePbBiO2Cl123693827
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22236930,23693439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123693461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212369375614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12369294894
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412369381655


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