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Locality Name:
Buffalo Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 59561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buffalo Mountain District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
De La Vega Claim
Lone Tree Mine
O'Brien Claim
Tucker Claim

Latitude: 40°50'13"N
Longitude: 117°12'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.836944444444,-117.20916666667
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibite
ClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteDufréniteKaoliniteLöllingiteLeucophosphite
MarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPharmacosideritePolybasitePyriteRhodonite
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibniteTetrahedriteWardite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Variscite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12372732793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61237273966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12372732734
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O2237273,237274194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12372739052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2237273,23727411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412372735516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS312372731089
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1237273280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123727327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12372735707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123727327198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS21237273162
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12372732600
Copper  (*)CopperCu12372743846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12372734165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12372732970
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O123727360
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S12372731027
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O2237273,237274139
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12372742740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123727324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12372737437
Gold  (*)CopperAu123727330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123727314640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1237273367
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)1237273123
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62237273,2372742228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412372735591
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1237274110
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21237273762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123727314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212372735674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212372735800
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31237273511
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1237273767
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2237273,237274428
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1237273716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123727339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812372739056
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1237273712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2237273,2372741711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)3237272,237275,237276969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101237273312
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1237273293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212372735614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12372741153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12372746417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123727321482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28123727373
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312372733418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312372731803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312372735317
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1237273301


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