Mikecoxite from
McDermitt Mine, Opalite Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Locality type: | Mine | |||||||||||
Classification | ||||||||||||
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Species: | Mikecoxite | |||||||||||
Formula: | [CHg4]OCl2 | |||||||||||
Confirmation | ||||||||||||
Validity: | Valid - Type Locality | |||||||||||
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||||||||||||
Kleinite | ⓘ3 photos of Mikecoxite associated with Kleinite at this locality. | |||||||||||
Quartz | ⓘ3 photos of Mikecoxite associated with Quartz at this locality. | |||||||||||
Terlinguacreekite | ⓘ2 photos of Mikecoxite associated with Terlinguacreekite at this locality. | |||||||||||
Cinnabar | ⓘ2 photos of Mikecoxite associated with Cinnabar at this locality. | |||||||||||
Data | ||||||||||||
Mineral Data: | Click here to view Mikecoxite data | |||||||||||
Locality Data: | Click here to view McDermitt Mine, Opalite Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA | |||||||||||
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) | |||||||||||
Data Identifiers | ||||||||||||
Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1472511 | |||||||||||
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1472511:5 | |||||||||||
GUID (UUID V4): | da84edb3-84b7-449e-8970-a9e6c118fb99 | |||||||||||
References | ||||||||||||
Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2021) CNMNC Newsletter 64. IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Mineralogical Magazine, 86 (1) 178-182 doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.93 Cooper, Mark A., Dunning, Gail, Hawthorne, Frank C., Ma, Chi, Kampf, Anthony R., Spratt, John, Stanley, Christopher J., Christy, Andrew G. (2023) The first occurrence of the carbide anion, C4–, in an oxide mineral: Mikecoxite, ideally (CHg4)OCl2, from the McDermitt open-pit mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, U.S.A. American Mineralogist, 108 (3) 606-613 doi:10.2138/am-2022-8408 | ||||||||||||
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McDermitt Mine, Opalite Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA