Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bullfrog Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 11.671
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.5

mindat Locality ID: 262535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bullfrog Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bullfrog District

Latitude: 36°54'50"N
Longitude: 116°48'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.913888888889,-116.80916666667

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Autunite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meta-autunite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*

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 Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Te U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Autunite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Meta-autunite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			5	239485,239490,239496,239500,239506	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	239490,239496	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	239490	489
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			2	239488,239489	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	239506	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	239490	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	239485,239496	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10.5	10.5	9	239485,239490,239491,239493,239496,239498,239503,239507,239509	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	239490,239496	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	239485,239490,239496	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	10.5	10.5	3	239490,239507,239509	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			4	239485,239490,239496,239506	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	239490,239496	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	239490	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	239485,239497	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10.5	10.5	16	239485,239490,239491,239492,239493,239494,239495,239496,239498,239499,239500,239502,239503,239506,239507,239509	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	239490	804
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	10.5	10.5	1	239507	180
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	10.5	10.5	2	239485,239507	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	239485,239490,239496,239506	12537
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	239510	388
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	11.671	11.7	3	239487,239501,239508	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	239490,239496	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se			3	239485,239496,239506	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10.5	10.5	9	239490,239491,239492,239493,239496,239498,239503,239507,239509	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10.5	10.5	13	239485,239490,239491,239492,239493,239496,239498,239499,239500,239503,239506,239507,239509	61156
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			3	239485,239490,239496	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	239486	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	11.671	10.5	1	239485	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	239490	5317
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			3	239488,239489,239510	890
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂			5	239485,239490,239496,239500,239506	46

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-84057	11.671	11.7	11.686+-0.015/--0.014	84057	64554	Beatty Peak, Bullfrog District, Bullfrog Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-86506	10.5	10.55	10.525±-0.025	86506	40421	Montgomery-Shoshone Mine, Rhyolite, Bullfrog District, Bullfrog Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-86507	10.45	10.5	10.475±-0.025	86507	40421	Montgomery-Shoshone Mine, Rhyolite, Bullfrog District, Bullfrog Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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