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Locality Name:
Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°51'32"N
Longitude: 119°36'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.858888888889,-119.61166666667
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcophyllite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayCovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeEnargiteHexahydriteKaoliniteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStannite
StibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTyroliteWurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O0150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O0251
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS40198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O0105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O057
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O090
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060571Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060571
R060335Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060335

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