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Locality Name:
Quartz Mountain Camp, Lodi District, Lodi Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 42529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartz Mountain Camp, Lodi District, Lodi Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Calico Mine
Desert Group Of Claims [?]
Hasbrouck Mine (July Group Of Claims)
Quartz Mountain Metal Mine
San Rafael Mine
White Pine Mine

Latitude: 39°1'44"N
Longitude: 117°56'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.028888888889,-117.94111111111
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 Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryte
BrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEpsomiteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMelanteriteMicaMixiteMolybdenite
NatrochalciteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SerpentineSphaleriteSulphur

67 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Corkite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hidalgoite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12397312793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1239733254
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O123973390
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12397332734
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O1239733194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12397339052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61239733919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212397335509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21239733172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61239733413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62239731,2397331633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1239733227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123973327770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21239733178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12397334979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1239733925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123973327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12397331382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12397333531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2239731,239733363
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)61239733151
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41239733109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41239733175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162239731,239733227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12397334165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212397319895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2239731,239733220
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1239733484
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4123973149
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2239731,23973324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12397337437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12397336890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS123973362
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123973314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2239731,2397331689
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6123973357
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612397332228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412397335591
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O1239733149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21239733987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123973312537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1239733915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12397331107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1239733168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23239729,239731,2397325800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22239732,23973317380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2239731,239733492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1239733428
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61239733170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61239733477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22239729,23973339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212397333106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12397331725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24239729,239731,239732,23973361156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21239733454
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12397331153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)61239733134
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12397336417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12397332473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123973321482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O123973390
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12397332045
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O123973329
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1239731605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41239731303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42239731,2397331655


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