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Locality Name:
Cambridge Hills, Wilson District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 65302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cambridge Hills, Wilson District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cambridge Mine
Flyboy Claims (McCoy Mine)
Owen Iron Deposit

Latitude: 38°43'32"N
Longitude: 119°1'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.725555555556,-119.03277777778
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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteApatiteAutuniteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMeta-autuniteMolybdenite
NonePhosphuranyliteScheeliteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Phosphuranylite  (*)Powellite  (*)Tangeite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12389391272
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612389391633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123893927198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12389408173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12389392740
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123894014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123894014899
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1238939388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1238939443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212389395800
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O1238939182
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1238939494
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)123893960
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12389391059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1238939628
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890


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