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Locality Name:
Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 28449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Marigold Mine
Silver Coin Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Prospect (2)

Latitude: 40°51'52"N
Longitude: 117°13'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.864444444444,-117.22861111111
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O P Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBerauniteBrackebuschite
BrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteClayConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichite
DescloiziteDiasporeFluoriteFornaciteGypsumKaoliniteLazuliteLepidocrociteLeucophosphiteLinarite
LipscombiteMalachiteMixiteNatrochalciteNoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeitePerhamitePharmacosideritePhosphofibrite
PhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpangoliteSphaleriteTurquoiseWardite
Wavellite

99 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsentsumebite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calderónite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Čechite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Creedite  (*)Crimsonite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Faustite  (*)Ferribushmakinite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluorowardite  (*)Fluorwavellite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hentschelite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)
Iangreyite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Krásnoite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Linarite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metavariscite  (*)Meurigite-K  (*)Meurigite-Na  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Molybdofornacite  (*)Morinite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Munakataite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Perhamite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphofibrite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Robinsonite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schachnerite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Wardite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zinclipscombite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1237342254
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61237342966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12373422734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212373423092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12373423250
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)123734237
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31237342544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61237342919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)123734271
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212373425509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123734211547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21237342172
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1237342136
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61237342413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612373421633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123734227770
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)123734229
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61237342359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21237342178
Čechite  (*)DescloizitePbFe2+(VO4)(OH)12373425
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12373424979
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O123734277
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12373421382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12373423531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12373422600
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1237342363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1237342295
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)61237342151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12373424165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61237342310
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O123734248
Crimsonite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)212373421
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)21237342179
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O123734360
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212373429895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1237342220
Faustite  (*)TurquoiseZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O024
Ferribushmakinite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(PO4)(VO4)(OH)12373421
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12373422740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212373429617
Fluorowardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F2·2H2O12373421
Fluorwavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)2F·5H2O123734226
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)123734285
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12373427437
Gold  (*)CopperAu123734130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12373426890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123734214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12373421689
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2123734220
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6123734282
Iangreyite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Al7(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH,F)15·8H2O12373424
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612373422228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412373425591
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)2237342,23734453
Krásnoite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O22.9(OH)13.3F2·8H2O12373425
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1237342581
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1237342110
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21237342987
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2123734247
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123734212537
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O123734227
Meurigite-K  (*)PhosphofibriteKFe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·6.5H2O123734221
Meurigite-Na  (*)Phosphofibrite[Na(H2O)2.5][Fe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]12373427
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12373421107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1237342168
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)123734217
Morinite  (*)NoneNaCa2Al2(PO4)2(OH)F4·2H2O123734222
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1237342362
Munakataite  (*)LinaritePb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4123734222
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28123734289
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61237342158
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O123734219
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1237342428
Phosphofibrite  (*)Phosphofibrite(H2O,K)3.5Fe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·5H2O12373425
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl123734271
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61237342170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61237342477
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312373421425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123734239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12373421725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123734261156
Robinsonite  (*)NonePb4Sb6S13123734239
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21237342454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212373425614
Schachnerite  (*)NoneAg1.1Hg0.9123734214
Silver  (*)CopperAg12373425186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12373422473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O1237342105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123734221482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)1237342156
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1237342263
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O123734229
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1237342484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1237342301
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O123734258
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1237342374
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412373421655
Zinclipscombite  (*)NoneZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)212373421
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)123734260


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130084Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130084

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