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Locality Name:
Eagle Valley District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eagle Valley District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Charles Ross Mine (Charlie Ross Mine)
Gypsy And Helen Groups
Homestake Mine
Horseshoe Mine
Iris Mine
Peak Claims
Shenadoah Mine

Latitude: 37°54'59"N
Longitude: 114°4'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.916388888889,-114.06777777778
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 Au Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg I Mo O P Pb S Si Te U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ca F Fe O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteCopperFluoriteMeloniteMeta-autuniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12385451272
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12385411382
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI1238536180
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1238542397
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1238545388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1238545443
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41238536337
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12385451059
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412385461655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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