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Locality Name:
Buena Vista District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37010.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buena Vista District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Blue Bell Mine
Fluorspar King Mine
Fluorspar Prospect (Fluorite Prospect)
Golden Gate Mining Co.
Indian Queen Mine (Indiana Queen Mine; Queen Mine)
Linda Prospect
Lucky Susan Prospect
McElroy Mine
Montgomery Pass
Montgomery Summit Property
Moonlight Mine
Nogues Prospect (Mogoe Claims)
Poorman Mine
Shang Mine
Silver Trail Group
Tip Top Mine
Tungsten Prospect
Wild Rose Mine (Mt. Montgomery Mine; Red Rose Mine; Starlight Group)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca F Fe H Hg Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteColumbiteCopperFluoriteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteTridymiteVesuvianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123902127770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3239028,239030,2390362600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25239019,239020,239021,239024,2390369617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123902324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212390235800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123902839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22239021,23902861156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81239025353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4239023,239029,239035,2390364894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21239027458
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012390231395


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