Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mud Springs District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36690
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36690.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mud Springs District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Al Smith
Bellehelen Mine
J. S. Claims
Maverick Springs Prospect
Mud Springs Shaft
Silver Butte Mine (Dead Horse Mine; Silver Reef Property; Ball Mt. Lead; Golden Pipe Mine)
Silver King Tunnel
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 40°12'8"N
Longitude: 115°14'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.202222222222,-115.24388888889

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel

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 Au Ba C Ca Fe H Hg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	236334	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	236331,236333,236334,236335,236336	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	236333,236334	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	236334	4979
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	236330	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	236334	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	236332	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	236332	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	236330	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	236333	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	236332,236334	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	236332	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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