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⇱ NBMG Sample Site 3934, Short Day Claims, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA

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NBMG Sample Site 3934, Short Day Claims, Mountain Wells Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USAi
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NBMG Sample Site 3934Prospect
Short Day ClaimsClaim
Mountain Wells Mining DistrictMining District
Churchill CountyCounty
NevadaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 26' 14'' North , 118° 16' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Fallon Station705 (2011)38.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
416722
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:416722:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Deposit: 4-6 ft wide white quartz vein cuts altered andesite (?); granite outcrops a few hundred yards to the SW. Vein material is coated with green and blue cu oxides, cu sulfides and contains galena & stibnite discovery year: staked 1976

Development: Active claims (1986). Short day claims staked 1976. Nearby road-building and drilling in recent years.

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3 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Entries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘStibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ StibniteSb2S3
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ StibniteSb2S3
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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