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Locality Name:
Silver Star District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Star District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Badger Mine
Bernie Mine
Bernie No. 2 Mine
Bernie No. 3 Mine
Big Dyke Claim
Dispozitch Mine (Disposish Mine)
Douglas Camp
Dunlap Mine
Dunwoody-Pritchard Group
Endowment Mine
Garfield Lease
Gold Range
Halley's Comet Mine (Clara Mine)
High Ore Group
Lowman Mine
Moho Mine
Pine Crow Prospect
Silver Dyke Mine
Silver Star Mine
Spence Mine

Latitude: 38°17'48"N
Longitude: 118°16'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.296666666667,-118.27611111111

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 Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBismutiteBrochantite
CalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperFeldsparLinariteMalachiteMinium
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTurquoiseVesuvianite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12394278803
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61239428919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)61239402132
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71239402450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12394211966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312394261935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1239426716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412394275516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612394021633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123940327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2239419,2394254979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12394275707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24239397,239402,239419,23942727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2239402,2394173531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12394172970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3239402,239419,23942024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5239401,239403,239415,239425,23942730554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1239427804
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)0469
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22239402,239429987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22239402,23941712537
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41239402247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212394275800
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1239427306
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21239427409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23239402,239419,23942739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12394191725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23239402,239403,23942761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12394274894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12394192473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123941921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312394243418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312394195317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1239422484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O2239418,239422301
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395



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