Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buckhorn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36767
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36767.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckhorn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Buckhorn Mine
Lanie Bull Mine
North Buckhorn Mine

Latitude: 40°11'1"N
Longitude: 116°29'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.183611111111,-116.49055555556

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Talc

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Clay Copper Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	236972	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	236972	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	236972,236974	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	236972	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	236972	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	236972	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	236972	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	236972	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	236972	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	236972	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	236972	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	236972,236973	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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