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Locality Name:
Dixie Valley District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 60942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dixie Valley District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dixie Comstock Mine
Dixie Valley Mine

Latitude: 39°51'56"N
Longitude: 118°1'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.865555555556,-118.01694444444
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayCopperKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212347342162
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123473327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123473327198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21234733376
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12347332600
Copper  (*)CopperCu12347333846
Gold  (*)CopperAu123473330554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412347335591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123473314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212347335800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12347331508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123473317380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12347332994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123473339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123473361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12347335186
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418


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