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Locality Name:
Chief District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chief District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Advance Mine
Caliente Cobalt Mining Co.
Contact Mine
Gold Chief Mine (Chief Mine)
Gold Stake Mine
Lucky Chief Mine
Lucky Hobo Mine
Old Democrat Mine
Republic Mine

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: Ag As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteDescloiziteNone
Not in a structural groupPavoniteQuartzRocksaltSpinelWollastonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Opal  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O2238493,238500194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2238493,2385009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123849611547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61238500413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2238496,23849927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12384984979
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S5018
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1238501378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123849624243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12384961689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62238493,2384992228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2238496,2384991107
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12384982994
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61238498477
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23238496,238498,23849961156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4238493,238499,238500,2385011153
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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