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


mindat Locality ID: 36921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Viola District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Blue Nose Group
Blue Quartz Claims (NBMG Sample Site 1448)
Cherokee Mine (Viola Mine)
Crystal Mercury Mine (Crystal-Bluenose Project; Blue Nose Peak; Larson Mine?)
Culverwell Mine
Fitchett Prospect
Fluorite Basin Prospect (Mercury; Little Red Mountain; Indian And Fluorite Basin Claims)
Johnnie Mine
Lucky Prospect
Pittsburg Mine
Shamrock Mine
Smith And Dobbins Prospect
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)
Unnamed Prospect (3)
Viola Shaft
Wells Cargo Mine (Carp Mine)
White Queen Prospect (Wells Cargo)

Latitude: 37°11'50"N
Longitude: 114°20'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.197222222222,-114.34055555556

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteGypsumMalachite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2238767,23878311547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1238771483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7238767,238768,238769,238775,238776,238780,23878327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12387754979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123876727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12387693531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3238767,238770,2387732600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212387839895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22238773,2387839617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5238767,238769,238775,238777,23878024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3238768,238772,2387846890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612387751066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22238767,23876912537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12387831508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24238767,238769,238774,23877639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22238771,2387783106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29238767,238769,238773,238774,238775,238776,238779,238780,23878161156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132238767,2387695317
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO123877598



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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