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Locality Name:
Washington District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36937
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36937.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Halloween Mine
Kateydid Claim
Lewis Coal Mine
Quartz Mine Claim
Silver Pick Property
Teddy Claim
Unnamed Prospects
West Willys Claim

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 Al As Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAutuniteChalcopyriteFluoriteMeta-autuniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Scheelite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Kasolite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
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)2·10-12H2O3238924,238927,2389281272
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12389241184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12389313531
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12389302740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1238931198
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O3238924,238927,238928388
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123893139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23238929,238930,23893161156
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2238928,2389311059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22238929,2389312718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3238924,238925,238929890
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O0185


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