Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buckskin District (Smith Valley District), Buckskin Range, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckskin District (Smith Valley District), Buckskin Range, Douglas Co., Nevada, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Antelope Mine
Aqua Claim (BC #3 Claim; NBMG Sample Site # 4426)
Artesia Blue Mine
B.C. Claims (Nev Claims; NBMG Sample Site # 4427)
Bar Claims (NBMG Sample Site # 4428)
Blue Metal Prospect (Blue Danube Prospect)
Buckskin Mine
Center Lode Mine
Guild-Bovard Placers (Bovie-Lew Placers)
Minnesota Mine (Standard Slag Co. Mine)
Section 27/28 Shaft (NBMG Sample Site # 4421)
Spring Canyon Placers
Top Prospect

Latitude: 39°0'52"N
Longitude: 119°20'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.014444444444,-119.34277777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz	Turquoise

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*
Turquoise ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Topaz Turquoise

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	235526	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	235525	1310
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	235526,235529	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	235520,235526,235527,235529	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	235526,235529	3531
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	235525	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	235525	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	235529	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	235526,235529	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	235526	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	235526	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	235526,235528,235531	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	235526	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	235526,235529	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	235526	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	235526	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	235529	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	235526,235529	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	235526,235529	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	235526	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	235526	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	235525,235526,235529	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	235521,235523,235524,235526,235529	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	235525,235532	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	235526	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	235521,235523,235524,235525,235526	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	235525,235526	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	235526	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	235525	1476
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	235526	484
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	1	235525	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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