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Locality Name:
Queen City District, Quinn Canyon Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queen City District, Quinn Canyon Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Hawk Mine (Black Hawk Mercury Mine; Mellan Mine; Mercury Claim; Producer Claim; Red Mercury Claim; Little Mercury Claims; Mellan And Reid Mine; Red Dog Claims [?])
Oswald Mine [1] (Oswald Claims; Oswell Property)
Queen City Claims
Unnamed Hg Prospect

Latitude: 37°45'15"N
Longitude: 115°59'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.754166666667,-115.98611111111

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteCalciteClayGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnite
QuartzRocksaltRutileVesuvianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Grossular  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Malachite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61239921966
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212399205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2239919,23992111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123992027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12399205707
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3239919,239920,2399222600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123992024243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31239921504
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312399211544
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612399192228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412399215591
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21239921210
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123992012537
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212399211898
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212399213106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22239919,23992061156
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012399211395



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