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Locality Name:
Cactus Springs District, Cactus Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37051
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37051.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cactus Springs District, Cactus Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cactus Nevada Silver Mine
Cactus Peak
Fairday Mine
Sleeping Column Canyon
Twentieth Century Mine
Urania Peak

Latitude: 37°44'21"N
Longitude: 116°50'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.739166666667,-116.84916666667
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteHalotrichiteKaoliniteMelanteriteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteTurquoiseWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Apjohnite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Hessite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kuramite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12395222793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61239520966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1239526272
Apjohnite  (*)HalotrichiteMn2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O2239524,23952628
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21239525309
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12395225707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123952227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12395224165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1239520481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41239520651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41239522910
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121239522663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123952224243
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1239522804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412395205591
Kuramite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SnS4123952212
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1239526915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123952239462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21239520771
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123952221482
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2239521,239523484


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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