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Locality Name:
Lone Mountain District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lone Mountain District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lone Mountain
Lone Mountain Mine
Mountain View Extension Mine
Mountain View Mine

Latitude: 39°36'20"N
Longitude: 116°15'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.605555555556,-116.26111111111
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphalerite
Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zincite  (*)
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)212371305509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2237127,23713027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2237128,2371304979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123713027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212371309895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2237128,23713024243
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612371301066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123713012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123713039462
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2237128,2371302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123713021482
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO123713098


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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