| Classification |
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| Species: | Alunite |
| Formula: | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Alunite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Caetano tuff, Cortez Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1915840 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1915840:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Alunite |
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| 20.6km (12.8 miles) | ⓘWest Sinter Deposit, Buckhorn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
| 69.6km (43.2 miles) | ⓘTrout Creek/South Bullion deposit, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA |
| 79.6km (49.4 miles) | ⓘRain Mine, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA |
| 82.1km (51.0 miles) | ⓘEmigrant Springs mine, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA |
| 84.4km (52.5 miles) | ⓘMaggie Creek Open Pit Gold Mine, Maggie Creek Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
| 85.4km (53.1 miles) | ⓘCopper King Mine, Schroeder Mountain, Maggie Creek Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
| 85.6km (53.2 miles) | ⓘChukar Footwall Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
| 85.6km (53.2 miles) | ⓘGold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
| 85.7km (53.3 miles) | ⓘTusc pit (Tusc ore body), Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
| 85.8km (53.3 miles) | ⓘMike deposit, Maggie Creek Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
| References |
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Henry, Christopher D., John, David A., Leonardson, Robert W., McIntosh, William C., Heizler, Matthew T., Colgan, Joseph P., Watts, Kathryn E. (2023) Timing of Rhyolite Intrusion and Carlin-Type Gold Mineralization at the Cortez Hills Carlin-Type Deposit, Nevada, USA. Economic Geology, 118 (1) 57-91 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4976 |
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