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Locality Name:
Amargosa Desert, Nye Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 43356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amargosa Desert, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ash Meadows District

Latitude: 36°27'14"N
Longitude: 116°20'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.453888888889,-116.34694444444
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: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayNoneSepioliteSmectite-vermiculite

4 IMA Minerals at location:
Montmorillonite  (*)Saponite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Stevensite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3239443,239445,2394461508
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O2239443,239446301
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1239443241
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2057


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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