Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bunkerville District, Virgin Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31068
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31068.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bunkerville District, Virgin Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Albert Nay Prospect
Blackrock No. 1 Claim
Blue Beetle No. 1 Claim (Walker Prospect)
Blue Bell (Virginia Copper No. 1)
Bunkerville Ridge Deposit
Copper King Mine
Great Eastern Mine
Mica Queen Prospect
Nickel Creek Placers
North Star Mica Prospect
Prima Dona Mine
Ranch View (Whitney Pass Prospect; Virgin Mountains Isa)
Roadside Prospect (Virgin Mountains Isa)
Santa Cruz Mine (Taglo Prospect; Teagle Mine; Emerald Group; Blue Jay Group; Rising Star; Rattle Snake)
Silver Leaf Mine (Tri-State Metals Mine; Mesquite; Deer Trail; Cabin Canyon)
Thanksgiving Lode (East Nos. 1-9 Claims; Virgin Mountains Isa)
Unnamed Gypsum Deposit
Unnamed Pb Prospect
Unnamed Pegmatite [1]
Unnamed Pegmatite [2]
Unnamed Pegmatite Prospect
Virgin Mountain Deposit
Virgin Mountain Property
Virgin Mtn. Beryllium Deposits (Virgin Mountain Chrysoberyl Property; Mica-Beryl Prospects)
Walker Tri-State Mine (Silver Leaf; Silver Leaf No. 1 Claims; Mesquite; Deer Trail; Cabin Canyon)
Whitney Pocket Basin
Whitney Ridge

Latitude: 36°36'30"N
Longitude: 114°6'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.608333333333,-114.10222222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Amorphous	Apatite	Beryl	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline	Ullmannite	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Corundum ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterogenite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*
Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Palladium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Polydymite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Violarite ()*	Vysotskite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Pd S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Apatite Beryl Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Melonite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tourmaline Ullmannite Vivianite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	235508	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	235513	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	235493,235499,235505,235506,235508	4286
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	235513	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	235513	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	235492,235513	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	235492,235513	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	2	235499,235508	321
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	235513	3531
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	235513	2970
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	235504	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	235513	814
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	235513	25
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	235494,235496	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	235490,235502,235507	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	235499	14640
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	1	235513	111
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	235513	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	235492,235513	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	235513	12537
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	235513	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	235513	114
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	235499,235508	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	235513	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	235513	5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	235513	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	235493,235499,235506,235508	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	1	235513	59
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	235492,235513	1512
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	2	235499,235505	326
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	2	235492,235513	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	235492,235500,235513	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	235492,235513	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	235500,235508,235513	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	235500,235510	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	235508	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	235513	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	235513	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	235492,235514	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	235513	3337
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	235491	605
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2	235492,235513	380
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	0		53

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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