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Locality Name:
Muddy Mountains District, Muddy Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 14763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muddy Mountains District, Muddy Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Apex Mine (Schumaker Gypsum Mine; White Eagle Gypsum Claims)
Callville Wash
Gypsum Cave (Gyp Cave)
Harry Howell Property
Horseman Spring Formation
Muddy River Placers
PABCO Mine
Schumaker Mine (Apex Mine)
Unnamed Gypsum Deposit [1]
Unnamed Gypsum Deposit [2]
Unnamed Gypsum Deposits
Unnamed Zeolite Deposit
Unspecified Locality
Vanderbilt Mine (Francis Pit; Toddy Vanderbilt Mine)
White Basin

Latitude: 36°14'24"N
Longitude: 114°47'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.24,-114.79694444444
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F H Hg K Li Mg Na O S Si Sr U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H K O Si U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAndalusiteBaryteCalciteClayCopperGypsumNoneRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Colemanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Glauberite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hectorite  (*)Howlite  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Opal  (*)Thénardite  (*)Ulexite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123521911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123520827770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O01184
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)3235208,235221,2352231252
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12352102600
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O4235208,235221,235223,235224144
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212352239895
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)21235225137
Gold  (*)CopperAu123521230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O9235208,235209,235213,235214,235215,235216,235217,235223,2352246890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl12352231398
Hectorite  (*)ClayNa0.3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(F,OH)2·nH2O123522419
Howlite  (*)NoneCa2SiB5O9(OH)5123520836
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O1235216223
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2235220,2352211508
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1235216299
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O3235208,235221,235223160


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