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Locality Name:
Copperfield, Peavine District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 62318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copperfield, Peavine District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Red Metals Mine (North View Copper Mine; Porcupine Tunnel; Wheeler Tunnel; Revelation Patent; Red Metal Mine; NBMG Sample Sites No. 3333 & No. 4122)

Latitude: 39°36'37"N
Longitude: 119°56'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.610277777778,-119.94777777778
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMelanteriteNone
PyriteQuartzScapoliteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
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)212411963419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12411968803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412411965516
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1241196925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12411965707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124119627198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12411968173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124119614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124119614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124119612537
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl1241196139
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1241196915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124119639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124119661156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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