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Locality Name:
Silver City District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36934
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36934.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver City District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
American Ravine
Buckeye Mine
Crest Of Hill Mine
Dayton Dredging Co. Placers
Dayton Mine
Devils Gate
Foreman Shaft
Gold Canyon Placers
Haywood Mine
Kernick Mine
Oest Mine
Oro-Neva Dredging Co. Placers (Rae Placer)
Silver Hill Mine
South End Mines
Spring Valley
Sutro Tunnel

Latitude: 39°15'14"N
Longitude: 119°37'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.253888888889,-119.62861111111
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 Al As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteGarnetMalachiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTourmaline

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12388652793
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312388601534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63238852,238856,2388582060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4238854,238860,238862,23886627770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21238854309
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123886027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12388603531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12388608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2238854,23886024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2238854,2388607437
Gold  (*)CopperAu8238851,238853,238854,238857,238858,238860,238861,23886530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33238854,238860,23886614640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612388602228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42238854,23886014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123886012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2238854,238866915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23238850,238855,2388635800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2238854,2388601508
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31238865733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312388651425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23238854,238860,23886539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24238854,238860,238863,23886561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12388604894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12388602705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1238866390
Silver  (*)CopperAg2238862,2388655186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2238854,23886021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312388593418
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12388601025


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