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Locality Name:
Chalk Mountain Mine, Chalk Mountain, Chalk Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chalk Mountain Mine, Chalk Mountain, Chalk Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hanlase Drift

Latitude: 39°19'0"N
Longitude: 118°7'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.316666666667,-118.11666666667

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 As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChloriteClayCopperCorundumDescloizite
FluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltScheelite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Copper  (*)Descloizite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2034
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12346861725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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