Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 222455
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222455.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muddy Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bitter Springs Trail
Muddy Mountains District

Latitude: 36°14'24"N
Longitude: 114°47'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.24,-114.79694444444

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	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Gypsum	None	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite

Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Colemanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Glauberite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hectorite ()*	Howlite ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Thénardite ()*
Ulexite ()*

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:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Andalusite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Gypsum None Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	235206	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	235219	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	235206,235208	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	235206	1184
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	3	235208,235221,235223	1252
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	235206	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	235210	2600
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	4	235208,235221,235223,235224	144
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	235223	9895
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	235225	137
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	235212	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	9	235208,235209,235213,235214,235215,235216,235217,235223,235224	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	235223	1398
Hectorite ()*	Clay	Na_0.3(Mg,Li)₃Si₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	235224	19
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	1	235208	36
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	235216	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	235220,235221	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	235205,235206	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	235205	61156
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	235216	299
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	3	235208,235221,235223	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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