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Locality Name:
Cortez Hills Underground, Cortez District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274162
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274162.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cortez Hills Underground, Cortez 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
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O S Si Tl Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O S Si Tl Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteMica
MilleriteNickelineNoneNowackiitePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Aktashite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Christite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Dickite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Millerite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S12022
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Christite  (*)NoneTlHgAsS306
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562


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