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Locality Name:
Lincoln Mine (Tem Piute Mine; Emerson Mine; North Tempiute; South Thumb; Tempiute; Wah Chang Tungsten Mine), Tem Piute District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 57757
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57757.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln Mine (Tem Piute Mine; Emerson Mine; North Tempiute; South Thumb; Tempiute; Wah Chang Tungsten Mine), Tem Piute District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°38'33"N
Longitude: 115°37'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.6425,-115.63083333333
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
GypsumIlvaiteKobelliteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S40192
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)0197
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562


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