Mammoth No. 5 prospect, Bare Mountain Mining District (Fluorine Mining District), Bare Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, USAi
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Mammoth No. 5 prospect | Prospect |
Bare Mountain Mining District (Fluorine Mining District) | Mining District |
Bare Mountain | Mountain |
Nye County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 0' 48'' North , 116° 34' 58'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Beatty | 1,010 (2011) | 19.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
203479
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:203479:2
GUID (UUID V4):
cf508dac-5b52-44b0-a4f0-e26f0ae5367d
Alteration: Silicification (Opalitization), Alunitization
Deposit: Silica, cinnabar, alunite (plus au, ag?) along a n30 W belt of alunitized, silicified (opalized) rhyolitic volcanics
Deposit type: Hot-spring Hg
Development: Originally prospected for hg, no W au, ag, hg. Exploration ongoing in 1980-81. Test loads shipped in 1981.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Alunite Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 References: |
ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
ⓘ Opal Formula: SiO2 · nH2O References: |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
ⓘ | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Alunite | 7.BC.10 | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
H | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
K | Potassium | |
K | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
Hg | Mercury | |
Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10100750 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Antler Foreland BasinBasin
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
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