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Locality Name:
Mule Canyon Deposit, Shoshone Mts, Lander Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 213015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mule Canyon Deposit, Shoshone Mts, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°35'58"N
Longitude: 116°41'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.599444444444,-116.68388888889
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Sb Se Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMarcasiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Opal  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS087
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se0192
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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