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Locality Name:
Jett District, Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37071
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37071.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jett District, Toiyabe Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Broad Creek Occurrence
Dollar Mine (Schapal Mine; Silver Top Mine)
Gibraltar Silver Mines Co. Mine (Shea-Putnam Group; Wake-Up-Jim Claims; Oversight; Boa Constrictor Claims)
Horse Canyon Mine (Lida & Lucile Groups; HC Claims; Horse Canyon Mercury Mine; Lida Claim; Mercury Claims; Virgin Claims; Lucille Claim; Magee Mercury Inc.; Lida Group; Lucile Group; Gabbs Dugan Property 1960)
Jett Canyon Prospect
Last Chance Mine (Wall Canyon Mine)
Lost Indian Mine
Nob Hill Claim
South Twin River Placers
Unnamed Cu Showing
Unnamed Cu-Sb-Zn Prospect [1]
Valley Group
Wall Canyon
Warmarc Claims

Latitude: 38°40'54"N
Longitude: 117°14'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.681666666667,-117.2375
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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDevillineFluoriteMalachiteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)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
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb0363
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22240146,2401505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124015811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2240150,24015427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12401564979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12401585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22240151,24015827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12401461382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12401482600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212401489617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4240147,240151,240155,24015624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu124015330554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141240157784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22240146,24015012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212401585800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26240146,240147,240150,240153,240155,24015639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25240146,240147,240149,240150,24015661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12401494894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1240150292
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2240147,24015521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32240146,2401503418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133240146,240150,2401555317


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