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Locality Name:
Champion-Anderson Group, Volcano Peak, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Champion-Anderson Group, Volcano Peak, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Anderson Mine
Champion Mine

Latitude: 38°30'43"N
Longitude: 118°6'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.511944444444,-118.10194444444
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
RhodoniteScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTitanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Titanite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
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
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412391875516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123918727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12391863531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612391874135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12391878173
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12391861689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612391861066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123918612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212391875800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1239186494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123918739462
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1239187969
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123918721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312391873418
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12391874899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412391871655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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