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Locality Name:
Fish Creek District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36711.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fish Creek District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Antelope Claims (Eather Mine; Fish Creek Wells)
Bisoni Prospect (McCulloughs Butte Prospect)
Black Rock Claims (Angello Belli Mine)
Last Time Claims (Silver King Claims)
Reese And Berry Property
Rose Mine

Latitude: 39°24'58"N
Longitude: 116°7'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.416111111111,-116.12861111111
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 Be C Ca F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Pb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteCorundumFluoriteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePascoitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWickenburgite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Huemulite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wickenburgite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182237111,2371144286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123711227770
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22237111,2371149617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123711024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123711114640
Huemulite  (*)PascoiteNa4MgV5+10O28·24H2O123711116
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22237110,2371115800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123711039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812371109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123711261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2237111,2371124894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2237110,23711121482
Wickenburgite  (*)WickenburgitePb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O014


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