Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montana Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 270566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270566.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montana Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Disaster District

Latitude: 41°50'57"N
Longitude: 118°12'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.849166666667,-118.20194444444

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Nickeline	None	Pharmacosiderite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coffinite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hectorite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Meta-autunite Nickeline None Pharmacosiderite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	237378,237380	2793
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	237379	1627
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	237378,237380	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	237376,237380	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	237380	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	237375,237380	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	237381	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	237375,237380	2600
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	237380	566
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	237380	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	237376,237380	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	237380	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	237380	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	237374,237377,237378,237380,237382	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	237375	6890
Hectorite ()*	Clay	Na_0.3(Mg,Li)₃Si₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂·nH₂O	2	237375,237379	19
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	237378,237380	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	237380	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	237380	388
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	237380	182
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	237379	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	237375	2994
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	2	237378,237380	428
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2	237378,237380	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	237375,237376,237378,237380	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	237380	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	237375,237376,237379,237380,237381	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	237380	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	237382	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	237380	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	237376,237380	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	237380	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	237378,237380	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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