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Locality Name:
Jackson District, Shoshone Mts, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37069
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37069.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackson District, Shoshone Mts, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Anvil Prospect
Arctic Mine
Dottie Lee Mine (Dottie Lee Prospect; Dottie Lee Property; Dottie Lee Mines; Bonita Canyon Prospect; Bonita Uranium Mine; Glory Be Claim; War Cloud Property)
Gold Park
Grey Eagle Group Mine
Hazel E Mine
Peterson Mine
South Shoshone Peak
Star Of The West Mine (Gold Park Group; Arctic; San Francisco)
War Eagle Mine
Warcloud Mine
Ward Mine

Latitude: 39°5'27"N
Longitude: 117°33'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.090833333333,-117.55305555556
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: Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg O P Pb S Sb Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteNonePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
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)2·10-12H2O12400801272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124008027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2240078,2400794979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124007827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2240070,2400802600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22240070,2400809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2240078,24007924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124008130554
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12400802994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23240068,240078,24008139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24240068,240078,240079,24008161156
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1240068446


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