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Locality Name:
Wellington District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wellington District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gossan Iron Mine
Jamestown
Surprise Claims

Latitude: 37°32'18"N
Longitude: 116°47'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.538333333333,-116.78638888889
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteKaoliniteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)62240404,240405966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124040527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12404054165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212404029895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124040524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124040530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124040214640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42240404,2404055591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41240405198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124040214899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22240404,24040517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124040539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22240404,24040561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124040521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312404055317


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