Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Butte Valley District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37215
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37215.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Butte Valley District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Butte Valley Cu Deposit
Dixie Lee Prospect
Golden Butte Mine
Lage Mine
Nevada Antimony Mine

Latitude: 39°47'59"N
Longitude: 115°9'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.799722222222,-115.15

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Spinel	Stibnite

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Molybdenite None
Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Spinel Stibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	241334	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	241335	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	241338	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	241334	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	241334	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	241334	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	241334	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	241334	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	241337	230
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	241334	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	241334	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	241334	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	241335,241338	61156
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	241336	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	241336,241337,241338	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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