Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29496
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29496.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sequoia Pit

Latitude: 40°50'13"N
Longitude: 117°12'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.836944444444,-117.20916666667

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	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Dufrénite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Leucophosphite
Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pharmacosiderite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wardite

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 Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Dufrénite Kaolinite Löllingite Leucophosphite
Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pharmacosiderite Polybasite Pyrite Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wardite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dufrénite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Variscite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	237274	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	237274	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	0		280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	0		162
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0		2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	237274	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	0		60
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	237274	139
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	237274	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	0		367
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	0		123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	237274	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	237274	110
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	0		762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	0		511
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	0		767
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	237274	428
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	0		716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0		712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	237274	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	0		312
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	0		293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	237274	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	237274	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	0		73
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	0		301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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