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Alunite from
Hycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Alunite
Formula:KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:568493
Long-form Identifier:1:3:568493:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Alunite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 1794, Rabbit Hole Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘSulphur Deposit, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘNevada Sulfur Company Mine, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘSilver Camel Mine, Rabbit Hole Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) ⓘHumboldt Sulphur Company Mine, Rabbit Hole Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
6.0km (3.8 miles) ⓘDevils Corral Mine (East China pit; Devil's Corral pit; Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology sample sites 2704; 2705; 2706), Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘNorth Star group, Scossa Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘMohawk group, Scossa Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
39.7km (24.7 miles) ⓘStone House Canyon Mine, Farrell Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) ⓘFlorida Canyon mine, Imlay Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
Ebert, Shane W., Rye, Robert O. (1997) Secondary precious metal enrichment by steam-heated fluids in the Crofoot-Lewis hot spring gold-silver deposit and relation to paleoclimate. Economic Geology, 92 (5) 578-600 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.92.5.578
 
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