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Locality Name:
Argentum Mining Co. Mine (Northern Belle Mine; Holmes Mine), Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39393.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argentum Mining Co. Mine (Northern Belle Mine; Holmes Mine), Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°9'21"N
Longitude: 118°5'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.155833333333,-118.08555555556
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalcioferriteCalciteCeriteChalcopyriteCopperFairfieldite
JahnsiteLaueiteMadociteNoneOveritePhosphosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteWavellite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Collinsite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorwavellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gordonite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Metavariscite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Overite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sorbyite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Variscite  (*)Whiteite-(CaMgMg)  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O038
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorwavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O026
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O018
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O027
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O044
Overite  (*)OveriteCaMgAl(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O05
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sorbyite  (*)MadocitePb9Cu(Sb,As)11S2605
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Whiteite-(CaMgMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMg3Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O01
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)60104


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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