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Locality Name:
Linka Mine (Garnetite Mine), Spencer Hot Springs District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3897.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Linka Mine (Garnetite Mine), Spencer Hot Springs District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°19'42"N
Longitude: 116°50'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.328333333333,-116.83666666667
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si V W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si V W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundum
DescloiziteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumJunoiteMolybdeniteNonePottsitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzScheeliteVesuvianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Andradite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinobisvanite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Eulytine  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Junoite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pottsite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)036
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3072
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Junoite  (*)JunoiteCu2Pb3Bi8(S,Se)16018
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pottsite  (*)Pottsite(Pb3Bi)Bi(VO4)4·H2O04
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070401Linka Mine (Garnetite Mine), Spencer Hot Springs District, Lander Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070401

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