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Locality Name:
Little Gem Mine, Bullion District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 60039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Gem Mine, Bullion District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Epsomite	Malachite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au C Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Epsomite Malachite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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