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Flower Mercury placer ground (Nevada Mint and Bar claim group; Ulla claim group; Flower placer; Mercury placer), Barcelona Mining District (Spanish Belt Mining District), Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USAi
Regional Level Types
Flower Mercury placer ground (Nevada Mint and Bar claim group; Ulla claim group; Flower placer; Mercury placer)Placer
Barcelona Mining District (Spanish Belt Mining District)Mining District
Toquima RangeMountain Range
Nye CountyCounty
NevadaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 39' 47'' North , 116° 55' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
38.66333,-116.92444
GRN:
N26W66
Type:
Placer
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Mindat Locality ID:
40052
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:40052:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


ground locality.
Deposit: Black sands are concentrated along small water courses adjacent to weathered tuffaceous rocks and sandstones an analysis of black sand concentrates furnished by Nevada Bureau of Mines showed the following percentages: Fe2O3, 67.23, Al2O3 2.8, CaO 2.6, MgO 1.1, TiO2 12.3, V2O5 0.3, Mn 0.5, Cr2O5 0.4, KO 0.5, Na2O 3.7, and Zn 0.2. Grab samples along stream beds and collected by Nevada Bur. Mines contained less than 1% TiO2. ; info.src : 1 pub lit

Geology: Geol.desc: placer-modern-fluvial

Ore(s): Channels, Proximity Of Source Rock

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3 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘCinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
ⓘStibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ CinnabarHgS
Sⓘ StibniteSb2S3
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ StibniteSb2S3
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
HgMercury
Hgⓘ CinnabarHgS

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Link to USGS MRDS:10096166

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References

MRDS files: 10096166 & 10256420.
Kral, V.E., (1951), NBMG Bull 50, P. 25.
Ervine, W.B., (1972), the Geology and Mineral Zoning of the Spanish Belt Mining District, Nye County, Nevada: Stanford Univ. Ph.D. Thesis, P.131.
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