Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buckskin Mountain, National District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 15.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.6

mindat Locality ID: 62749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckskin Mountain, National District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bell Vein
Buckskin National Mine

Latitude: 41°47'32"N
Longitude: 117°32'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.792222222222,-117.54

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Selenium ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl H Hg K O S Se Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	15.6	15.6	1	237389	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	15.6	15.6	0		966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	15.6	15.6	1	237389	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	15.6	15.6	0		27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	15.6	15.6	0		91
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	15.6	15.6	0		2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15.6	15.6	1	237389	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15.6	15.6	1	237389	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15.6	15.6	1	237389	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	15.6	15.6	1	237389	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	15.6	15.6	0		255
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	15.6	15.6	1	237389	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15.6	15.6	1	237389	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	15.6	15.6	1	237389	192
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	15.6	15.6	0		2994
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	15.6	15.6	1	237389	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15.6	15.6	1	237389	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15.6	15.6	2	237389,237390	61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	15.6	15.6	0		143
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15.6	15.6	1	237389	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	15.6	15.6	2	237389,237390	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15.6	15.6	1	237389	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Emily000544	15.6	15.6		K-Ar	vein formation									62749	Buckskin Mountain, National District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	Buckskin Mountain, National District, Humbolt County, Nevada	Vikre (1985)	10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.360	EG80_360	average of two samples; BN2-268 and BN2-297

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