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Locality Name:
Key West Mine, Whitney Pocket Basin, Bunkerville District, Virgin Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3916
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3916.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Key West Mine, Whitney Pocket Basin, Bunkerville District, Virgin Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°37'7"N
Longitude: 114°9'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.618611111111,-114.16527777778
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 Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMeloniteMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTalcUllmannite
Vivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Palladium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)2025
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)0111
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Palladium  (*)CopperPd059
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S40131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380


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