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Locality Name:
Wedekind District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wedekind District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Arkell Shaft
Bell Shaft
Desert King Shaft
Wedekind Shaft

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Apjohnite ()*
Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Enargite Epidote Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kaolinite
Malachite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	241293	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	241290	2734
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	241293	28
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	241290	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	241290	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	0		481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	0		910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	241291,241292,241293	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	241290	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	241293	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	241293	251
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	241293	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	241293	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	241291,241292	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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