Quick-Tung quicksilver mine, Shady Run Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USAi
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Quick-Tung quicksilver mine | Mine |
Shady Run Mining District | Mining District |
Churchill County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 48' 9'' North , 118° 11' 45'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Lovelock | 1,878 (2017) | 48.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
60978
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:60978:9
GUID (UUID V4):
592c214c-e4c4-48be-b018-4500b9d78012
0.25 miles west of Quick-Tung
Commodity: Cinnabar - bearing quartz veins cut tactite
Deposit: Cinnabar occurs one - fourth mile to the west. This record is an updated version that includes duplicate information from m231029, which has been deleted.
Geology: Near boyer thrust; jurassic mafic volcanic rocks and jurassic limestone, marble and siltstone. ; geol.desc: near boyer thrust; jurassic mafic volcanic rocks, and jurassic limestone, marble, and siltstone
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6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Sb | Antimony | |
Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
W | Tungsten | |
W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Hg | Mercury | |
Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10103795 |
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