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Locality Name:
Varyville District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Varyville District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bartlett Mine
Blue Jack Group
Columbia Mine
Cove Meadow Mine
Golden Scheelite Prospect
Juanita Group
Lincoln-Greenhorn Group
Roberts Mine

Latitude: 41°31'18"N
Longitude: 118°50'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.521666666667,-118.84055555556
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O P S Sb Si U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenoliteArsenopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzScheeliteStibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31237548231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12375519052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212375495509
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12375493531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12375533846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12375492970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2237551,2375528173
Gold  (*)CopperAu2237546,23755130554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123754912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212375525800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1237552494
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22237546,23755161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2237550,2375524894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312375513418
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12375471059


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