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Locality Name:
Disaster District, Montana Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36834
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36834.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Disaster District, Montana Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Chinese Creek Placer
Disaster Peak Property (Nevada Cinnabar Group; Bretchell Mercury Deposit)
Granite Point Mine (Granite Point Claims; Chevron Claims)
Horse Creek Placer
Horse Creek Prospect
Montana Mountains Deposit
Moonlight Mine
Wedding Ring Mine
Wide Awake-Brown Betty Claims

Latitude: 41°50'58"N
Longitude: 118°12'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.849444444444,-118.20222222222
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperDiasporeFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteMeta-autuniteNickelineNonePharmacosiderite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Analcime  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coffinite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hectorite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Opal  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2237378,2373802793
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12373791627
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2237378,2373809052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2237376,2373801272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123738011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2237375,23738027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123738127198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2237375,2373802600
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1237380566
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12373802740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22237376,2373809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123738024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12373807437
Gold  (*)CopperAu5237374,237377,237378,237380,23738230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12373756890
Hectorite  (*)ClayNa0.3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(F,OH)2·nH2O2237375,23737919
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62237378,2373802228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212373805674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1237380388
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1237380182
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12373791508
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12373752994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2237378,237380428
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2237378,237380494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24237375,237376,237378,23738039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812373809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25237375,237376,237379,237380,23738161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212373805614
Silver  (*)CopperAg12373825186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123738021482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2237376,2373801059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212373802718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2237378,2373805251


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