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Locality Name:
Hungry Valley Area, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 48951
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48951.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hungry Valley Area, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Miller Prospect
Redelius Prospect
Unnamed Prospect 1
Unnamed Prospects 2
Unnamed Zeolite Deposit

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg Na O P Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayMalachiteMeta-autuniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteTalcTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22241117,2411185509
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124111724243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22241117,24111812537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O0388
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124111617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124111739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22241115,24111761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22241115,2411165614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212411163337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312411175317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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