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Locality Name:
Leonard Creek District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leonard Creek District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Desert View Prospect
Juanita Group
Leonard Creek Placers
Teepee Creek Placers

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: Au C Cu Fe H Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
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)212373545509
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123735427198
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1237354345
Gold  (*)CopperAu2237356,23735730554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123735412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212373545800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123735439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123735461156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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