Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cave Valley District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cave Valley District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cave Valley Mine
Dubuque Claim
Home Stake Claim
Lizzio Potosi Claim
Miner's Dream Claim
Sacramento Claim
Steptoe Claim
Streator Mine

Latitude: 38°38'35"N
Longitude: 114°47'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.643055555556,-114.79611111111

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Descloizite	Malachite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cu S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Descloizite Malachite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Stromeyerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	238491	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	238484	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	238484,238491	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	238484	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	238484,238491	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	238484	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	238484,238491	362
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	2	238484,238491	249
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	238484	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	238484,238491	61156
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	0		332

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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