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Locality Name:
Lucky Boy District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37022
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37022.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lucky Boy District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Crystal Prospect
Kinkead Mine
Lemr Prospect
Lucky Boy Mine (Mountain King 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 Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidote
LinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2239247,2392482793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12392482734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212392485509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2239246,23924811547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612392481633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123924827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12392484979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123924827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12392481382
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612392484135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12392488173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2239247,23924824243
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21239248987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123924812537
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312392481425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123924839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22239246,23924861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3239245,239247,2392484894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12392485186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2239247,23924821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312392485317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212392482562


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