Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rhyolite Ridge Li-B Deposit (North Basin Deposit; South Basin Deposit; Cave Springs Borax Prospect), Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 26500
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26500.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rhyolite Ridge Li-B Deposit (North Basin Deposit; South Basin Deposit; Cave Springs Borax Prospect), Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°50'31"N
Longitude: 117°53'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.841944444444,-117.89638888889

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Compreignacite	None	Quartz	Sepiolite

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 B Ba C Ca H K Mg Na O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca H K Mg Na O P S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Compreignacite None Quartz Sepiolite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Rameauite ()*	Searlesite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Triangulite ()*	Ulexite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rameauite ()*	Compreignacite	K₂Ca(UO₂)₆O₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	4
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂	34
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241
Triangulite ()*	None	Al₃(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₅·5H₂O	2
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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