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Locality Name:
Rawhide District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37029
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37029.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rawhide District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Bethania Mine
Black Eagle Mine
Bullskin Mountain No. 1 Mine
Cye Cox Property
Flynn Mine
Foster Prospect
Gold Reef Mine
Grutt Brothers Mine
Hooligan Hill
Hooligan Hill Placer
Mascot Mine
Morning Star Mine
Nevada New Mine
Penglaze Mine
Phoenix Mine
Poor Boy Mine
Rawhide Victor Mine
Rawhide Wash Placers
Regent Mine
Royal Mine
Seminole-Regent Mine
Silver Bell Claim
Silver Zone Mine
Stockton Property
Truett Vein
Unnamed Locality
Wash Vein Mine

Latitude: 39°0'46"N
Longitude: 118°23'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.012777777778,-118.39472222222
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleBaryteBismutiteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteEpidoteJalpaiteKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpiment
PolybasiteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Alunite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S14239360,239361,239362,239364,239366,239370,239371,239372,239375,239376,239379,239380,239382,2393862793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS123937687
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6123937658
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2239378,23938011547
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1239368280
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl18239360,239361,239362,239364,239366,239370,239371,239372,239374,239375,239376,239378,239379,239380,239381,239382,239384,2393861382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4239363,239378,239380,2393832600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16239360,239361,239362,239364,239366,239369,239370,239371,239372,239375,239376,239377,239379,239380,239382,23938630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123936514640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O0144
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI2239373,239378180
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS21239376116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123936514899
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS2239380,239383255
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg3024
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123937617380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se0192
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12393832994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32239378,239380511
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1239376249
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1239367260
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123936761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2239378,239380712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312393803418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312393765317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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