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Locality Name:
Gibellini District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36772
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36772.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gibellini District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bisoni Property (Bisoni-McKay Property)
Cockalorum Wash Quad
Fish Creek Range
Gibellini Mine (Niganz Mine; Black Iron Mine)
The Fish

Latitude: 39°12'57"N
Longitude: 116°6'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.215833333333,-116.10305555556
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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAndalusiteGypsumHewettiteLeucophosphiteMolybdeniteNonePascoiteQuartzRutile
StraczekiteVolborthiteWavellite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Barnesite  (*)Bokite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)
Huemulite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)Metaschoderite  (*)
Minyulite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pintadoite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schoderite  (*)Vanoxite  (*)Vashegyite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Woodruffite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Barnesite  (*)HewettiteNa2V5+6O16·3H2O2237121,23712215
Bokite  (*)Straczekite(Al,Fe)1.3(V5+,V4+,Fe3+)8O20·7.5H2O4237118,237120,237121,23712210
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O123712081
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12371206890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O2237117,23712058
Huemulite  (*)PascoiteNa4MgV5+10O28·24H2O3237120,237121,23712216
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1237118110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1237117234
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O4237117,237118,237120,23712156
Metaschoderite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·3H2O2237118,2371203
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O3237118,237120,23712131
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212371215800
Pintadoite  (*)NoneCa2V5+2O7·9H2O123712011
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212371213106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123712161156
Schoderite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(VO4)·8H2O3237117,237118,2371205
Vanoxite  (*)NoneV6O13·8H2O (?)123712023
Vashegyite  (*)NoneAl11(PO4)9(OH)6·38H2O2237117,23712028
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O1237117155
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O2237117,237120374
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O123712125


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070199Fish Creek Range, Gibellini District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070199
R100023Fish Creek Range, Gibellini District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100023

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