Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dean Mine (Cumberland Mine), Lewis District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 10516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dean Mine (Cumberland Mine), Lewis District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°25'46"N
Longitude: 116°50'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.429444444444,-116.84583333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Copper	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Uytenbogaardtite	Xanthoconite

Aguilarite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Canfieldite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Gold ()*	Hocartite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodostannite ()*	Rhomboclase ()*	Silver ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*

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 As Au Ba Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Baryte Copper None Not in a structural group Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Uytenbogaardtite Xanthoconite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	87
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	281
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hocartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Ag₂FeSnS₄	31
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	230
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	89
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodostannite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	10
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	53
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	46

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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