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Locality Name:
Moonlight Mine, Disaster District, Montana Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 59722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moonlight Mine, Disaster District, Montana Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°47'30"N
Longitude: 118°9'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.791666666667,-118.16083333333
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteCalciteCopperDiasporeFluorite
MarcasiteMeta-autuniteNickelineNonePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Coffinite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O0388
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O0182
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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