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Locality Name:
Enfield Mine (Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine; Bell Mine; Marlboro Canyon; Allchem; Generator Hill Pits), Independence Mountains District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 41217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Enfield Mine (Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine; Bell Mine; Marlboro Canyon; Allchem; Generator Hill Pits), Independence Mountains District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°24'31"N
Longitude: 115°59'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.408611111111,-115.995
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 Au Ba C Ca Cs Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P S Sb Si Ti Tl Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cs Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P S Sb Si Ti Tl Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChloriteClayCopperFeldsparGalkhaite
KaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNoneOrpimentPyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galkhaite  (*)Gold  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Lorándite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galkhaite  (*)Galkhaite Tetrahedrite(Hg5Cu)CsAs4S12013
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O0144
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Lorándite  (*)NoneTlAsS2015
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O30369


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