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Nevada owes it's creation due to mining. The silver rich Comstock lode spurred early prospecting in the state, Currently gold production from Carlin trend deposits is a major contributor to Nevada's mining.

The state is primarily in the Basin and Range province (north/south trending block faulted mountain ranges separated by alluvium generated from the mountains).

Best source of information is the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. District lists from J. Tingley Mining Districts of Nevada Report-47. County Reports for each of the counties in the state.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Actinolite Adamite var: Cuprian Adamite Aegirine Aenigmatite 'Agardite' Agardite-(Ce) Agardite-(Nd) Agardite-(Y) Aguilarite Aikinite Akaganeite Aktashite Alabandite Albite var: Andesine var: Cleavelandite var: Oligoclase 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Aleksite Aliettite 'Allanite' Allanite-(Ce) 'Allemontite' Allophane Almandine Alpersite (TL) Altaite 'Alum Group' Alum-(K) Alumohydrocalcite Alunite Alunogen Ammonioalunite 'Amphibole Group' 'var: Byssolite' var: Uralite Analcime Anapaite Anatase Andalusite var: Chiastolite Andorite Andradite 'Andradite-Grossular Series' Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Annabergite Annite Anorthite var: Labradorite Anorthoclase Antigorite Antimony Antlerite 'Apatite' 'var: Collophane' Aphthitalite Apjohnite 'Apophyllite' Apophyllite-(KF) Apophyllite-(KOH) Apophyllite-(NaF) Aragonite var: Plumboan Aragonite Arfvedsonite Argentojarosite Argyrodite ? Arsendescloizite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenogorceixite Arsenolamprite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Arsentsumebite Arthurite Artinite Atacamite Augelite Augite Aurichalcite Aurorite (TL) Austinite Autunite Avicennite 'Axinite' Axinite-(Fe) Axinite-(Mg) Axinite-(Mn) Azurite Balkanite Bariopharmacosiderite Barnesite 'Barrandite' Barrerite Bartonite Barysilite Baryte Bassanite 'Bastnäsite' Bastnäsite-(Ce) Bayldonite Beaverite-(Cu) Beidellite Belmontite Bementite Benjaminite (TL) 'Bentonite' Beraunite Berryite Berthierite Bertrandite Beryl var: Emerald Beryllonite Berzelianite β-Uranophane Beudantite 'Beudantite Subgroup' Beyerite Biotite Birnessite Bismite Bismoclite Bismuth Bismuthinite var: Horobetsuite Bismutite Bixbyite Blakeite (TL) Bokite Boleite Boltwoodite Bonattite Boothite Borax Bornite Botryogen Boulangerite Bournonite Brannerite Braunite Britholite-(Y) ? Brochantite Bromargyrite Brookite Brucite Buddingtonite Burangaite Bursaite Butlerite Buttgenbachite Cacoxenite Cadmium 'Calamine' Calaverite 'Calcareous Tufa' Calcite var: Glendonite var: Iceland Spar var: Manganoan Calcite var: Travertine Calderónite Caledonite Callaghanite (TL) Calomel Canfieldite Carbonatecyanotrichite Carlinite (TL) Carminite Carnotite Cassiterite var: Wood Tin Čechite Čejkaite Celadonite Celestine Celsian Cerussite var: Argentiferous Cerussite Cervantite 'Chabazite' Chaidamuite Chalcanthite Chalcoalumite Chalcocite Chalcocyanite Chalcomenite Chalcophanite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chalcosiderite Chalcostibite Chamosite Chapmanite Chatkalite Chenevixite Cheralite 'Chert' Chervetite Chevkinite-(Ce) Chlorapatite Chlorargyrite var: Bromian Chlorargyrite var: Iodian Bromian Chlorargyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chloritoid Chondrodite Christite (TL) Chromite Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Cinnabar Claudetite Clausthalite 'Clay' Clinobisvanite Clinochlore var: Chromian Clinochlore var: Leuchtenbergite var: Pennine var: Pyknochlorite Clinochrysotile Clinoclase Clinoenstatite 'Clinoptilolite' 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Clinosafflorite Clinotyrolite Clinozoisite Clintonite Cobaltite Coffinite Cohenite Colemanite Collinsite Coloradoite Columbite Columbite-(Fe) Columbite-(Mn) 'Columbite-Tantalite' Colusite Conichalcite Connellite Copiapite Copper 'Copper Stain' Coquimbite Corderoite (TL) Cordierite Corkite Cornetite Cornubite Cornwallite Coronadite Corundum Cosalite Coulsonite (TL) Covellite Crandallite

Creaseyite Creedite Cristobalite Cronstedtite Cryolite Cryolithionite Cryptomelane Cubanite Cuprite Cuproartinite (TL) Cupropavonite Cuproroméite Cuprosklodowskite Cuprotungstite Curetonite (TL) Cyanotrichite Cymrite Cyrilovite Dadsonite (TL) Daubréeite Daubréelite Delafossite Delrioite Descloizite var: Cuprian Descloizite Devilline 'Deweylite' Diadochite Diaphorite Diaspore 'Diatomaceous Earth' Dickite Digenite Diopside Dioptase Djurleite Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite Doyleite Dravite Dufrénite Dufrénoysite ? Duftite Dumontite Dumortierite Dundasite Dussertite Dypingite Dyscrasite Edgarbaileyite Eglestonite Elbaite Ellisite (TL) Elpasolite Elyite (TL) Emmonsite Emplectite Enargite Englishite Enstatite var: Bronzite Epidote Epistilbite Epsomite Eriochalcite 'Erionite' Erythrite Eskebornite Eskimoite Eucairite Euchroite Eulytine Euxenite-(Y) Evansite ? Famatinite Faustite (TL) Fayalite Fedotovite 'Feldspar Group' Ferberite Fergusonite-(Y) 'Ferrierite' Ferrimolybdite Ferro-Actinolite 'Ferro-actinolite-Tremolite Series var: Nephrite' Ferro-edenite Ferrohornblende Fervanite Fibroferrite Fischesserite Fizélyite 'Florencite' Fluellite Fluoborite Fluorapatite var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite var: Francolite Fluorite Fornacite Forsterite Fraipontite Frankdicksonite (TL) Franklinite ? Freibergite Freieslebenite Friedrichite Gahnite Gaitite Galena var: Argentiferous Galena Galenobismutite Galkhaite Ganterite 'Garnet' 'Garnierite' Gaylussite Gearksutite Gedrite 'Geode' Gersdorffite Getchellite (TL) Gibbsite Gilalite Giraudite Girdite 'Gismondine' Glauberite Glauconite Glaukosphaerite Godlevskite Goethite Gold var: Electrum Goldfieldite (TL) Goldquarryite (TL) Gortdrumite Goslarite Goudeyite (TL) 'Grandite' Graphite Gratonite Grayite Greenockite Greigite Grossular 'Grossular-Hibschite Series' Groutite Gruzdevite Guanajuatite Guérinite 'Gummite' Gunningite Gustavite Gypsum var: Satin Spar Gypsum var: Selenite Häggite Haidingerite Halite Halloysite Halotrichite Hambergite Hammarite Hanksite Hastingsite Hausmannite Hawleyite Hectorite Hedenbergite Hedleyite Hedyphane Heliophyllite ? Helvite Hematite var: Martite var: Specularite Hemihedrite Hemimorphite Hentschelite Hessite Hetaerolite Heterogenite 'Heulandite' Hewettite Hexahydrite Heyite (TL) Heyrovskýite Hidalgoite Hinsdalite Hisingerite Hocartite Hodrušite Hollandite 'Hornblende' Hörnesite Howlite Hübnerite (TL) Huemulite Hummerite Huntite (TL) Hureaulite Huttonite Hyalophane Hydrobiotite Hydrokenoelsmoreite Hydromagnesite Hydroniumjarosite Hydrotungstite Hydroxylapatite var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite Hydrozincite Hypercinnabar Hypersthene Iangreyite (TL) Ice Illite var: Leverrierite Ilmenite Ilsemannite Ilvaite Indialite Iodargyrite Iranite Iridium var: Osmiridium Iron var: Kamacite Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) Jalpaite Jamesonite Jarosite Jordanite Jordisite Joséite Joséite-B Junoite Kaersutite Kalinite Kamchatkite Kaolinite Kasolite Kawazulite Kazakhstanite Kenhsuite (TL) Kenyaite ? Kermesite Kerolite Kesterite 'K Feldspar' 'var: Adularia' Kidwellite Kieserite Kingite Kingsmountite Kipushite Klebelsbergite ? Kleinite Koechlinite Kolymite Köttigite Kotulskite Krásnoite (TL) Krennerite Krupkaite

Kryzhanovskite Kuramite Kurumsakite Kutnohorite Kyanite Laffittite Langite Laumontite Lavendulan Lazulite Lazurite ? Leadhillite Lechatelierite Lecontite Lepidocrocite Lepidolite Leucophosphite Leucoxene Libethenite Lillianite Limonite Linarite Lindackerite Lindströmite Lipscombite Litharge Lithiophorite Litidionite Livingstonite Lizardite Löllingite Lorándite Ludwigite Luetheite Luzonite Mackayite (TL) Maghemite Magnesiohastingsite Magnesiohornblende Magnesiozippeite Magnesite Magnetite var: Titaniferous Magnetite Malachite var: Zincian Malachite Mandarinoite 'Manganese Oxides' 'var: Manganese Dendrites' Manganite Mansfieldite Marcasite Marialite Marokite Massicot Matildite Matioliite Matlockite ? Matulaite Mcguinnessite Mckinstryite ? Meionite Melanterite var: Cuprian Melanterite 'Melnikovite' Mendozite Meneghinite Mercury Merenskyite Meta-ankoleite Meta-autunite Metacinnabar Metadelrioite Metahewettite Metaschoderite (TL) Metasideronatrite Metastibnite (TL) Metatorbernite Metatyuyamunite Metavariscite Metavoltine Metazeunerite Meurigite-K Meurigite-Na (TL) Miargyrite 'Mica Group' Michenerite Microcline var: Amazonite Microlite Group Millerite Mimetite Minium Minyulite Mirabilite Mitridatite Mixite Mohite Molybdenite Molybdite Molybdofornacite 'Monazite' Monazite-(Ce) Monazite-(La) Moncheite Montanite Montbrayite Montgomeryite Monticellite Montmorillonite Montroydite Mopungite (TL) Mordenite Morenosite Morinite Moschellandsbergite Mosesite Mottramite var: Duhamelite Munakataite Murdochite Muscovite var: Fuchsite var: Sericite Nacrite Nagyágite Nakauriite Namibite Natroalunite Natrojarosite (TL) Natrolite Natron Natrozippeite Naumannite Neotocite Nevadaite (TL) Neyite Nickeline Nickelskutterudite Nissonite Niter Nitratine Nontronite Nováčekite-I 'Obsidian' Offretite Olivenite var: Leucochalcite 'Olivine' Opal var: Black Opal var: Bone Opal var: Crystal Opal var: Geyserite var: Honey Opal var: Hydrophane var: Jelly Opal var: Lechosos Opal var: Milk Opal var: Opal-AN var: Precious Fire Opal var: Precious Opal var: Siliceous sinter var: Wood Opal Orpiment Orthobrochantite Orthochrysotile Orthoclase Osarizawaite Osmium var: Iridosmine Ourayite Owyheeite Oxyplumboroméite Pachnolite Palladium Palygorskite Parachrysotile Paracoquimbite Paragonite Pararealgar Paratacamite Paratellurite Pargasite Parnauite (TL) Pascoite Pavonite Pearceite Pectolite Pentahydrite Pentlandite Perhamite Periclase Perite Perrierite-(Ce) Perroudite 'Perthite' 'Petrified Wood' Petzite Pharmacolite Pharmacosiderite 'Pharmacosiderite Group' Phenakite Phengite var: Mariposite 'Phillipsite' Phlogopite Phoenicochroite Phosgenite Phosphofibrite Phosphohedyphane Phosphosiderite Phosphuranylite Phurcalite Pickeringite Picropharmacolite Piemontite Pigeonite Pintadoite Pitticite Plagionite Plancheite Planerite 'Planerite-Turquoise Series' Platinum Plattnerite Playfairite Plumbogummite Plumbojarosite Pokrovskite Polhemusite Polybasite Polydymite Polyhalite Posnjakite Potarite Pottsite (TL) Powellite Prehnite Prosopite Proustite Pseudobrookite Pseudomalachite 'Psilomelane' 'Pumpellyite' Pyrargyrite Pyrite var: Auriferous Pyrite Pyrochlore Group var: Plumbopyrochlore (of Skorobogatova et al) Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) var: Plumbobetafite (of Hogarth 1977) Pyrochroite Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrope Pyrophanite Pyrophyllite Pyrostilpnite 'Pyroxene Group' Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Agate var: Amethyst var: Ametrine var: Chalcedony var: Citrine

Quartz var: Dendritic Agate var: Eye Agate var: Fortification Agate var: Jasper var: Milky Quartz var: Moss Agate var: Myrickite var: Rock Crystal var: Rose Quartz var: Rutilated Quartz var: Sceptre Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Radtkeite (TL) Ralstonite Rameauite Rammelsbergite Ranciéite Rauenthalite Realgar Retgersite Rhabdophane-(Ce) Rhodochrosite Rhodonite var: Fowlerite Rhodostannite Rhomboclase Richellite Richelsdorfite Riebeckite Robinsonite (TL) Romanèchite Roméite Group var: Stetefeldtite (TL) var: Stibiconite Römerite Roquesite Rosasite Roscoelite Rösslerite Rozenite Rucklidgeite Rutherfordine Rutile Sabugalite Safflorite Saléeite Samarskite-(Y) Samsonite Sanidine Saponite Sarcolite Sarkinite Sarmientite Sassolite 'Scapolite' Schachnerite ? Scheelite Schirmerite ? Schoderite (TL) Scholzite Schorl Schreibersite Schröckingerite Schubnelite Schuetteite Schumacherite Scolecite Scorodite Scrutinyite Searlesite Segnitite Selenium Seligmannite Sénarmontite Sepiolite 'Serpentine Group' Serpierite Shadlunite Shattuckite Siderite var: Manganoan Siderite Sideronatrite Siderotil Siegenite Sillénite Sillimanite Silver var: Amalgam Simmonsite (TL) Sincosite Skinnerite Skutterudite 'Smectite Group' Smithsonite Soddyite Sonoraite Sorbyite Spangolite Sperrylite Spessartine Sphalerite var: Marmatite Spinel var: Pleonaste Spionkopite Stannite Starkeyite Staurolite Stellerite Stephanite Sternbergite Stevensite Stibarsen Stibiotantalite ? Stibnite 'Stilbite' Stolzite Strashimirite Strengite var: Aluminian Strengite Stromeyerite Strontianite Sulphur Svanbergite Sylvanite Sylvite Symplesite Syngenite Szaibélyite Szomolnokite Taenite Talc Tangeite Tantalite Tantalite-(Mn) Teallite Tellurite Tellurium Tellurobismuthite Tennantite Tenorite Terlinguacreekite Terlinguaite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite var: Argentian Tetrahedrite Thaumasite Thenardite Thermonatrite Thomsenolite Thomsonite-Ca Thorianite Thorite var: Uranothorite Thorogummite Tiemannite Tin ? Tincalconite Tinticite Tinzenite Titanite Tobermorite Tocornalite Todorokite Topaz Torbernite Tosudite var: Lithium Tosudite 'Tourmaline' Tremolite Trevorite Triangulite Tridymite Triplite Tripuhyite Troilite Trona Tsumcorite Tsumebite ? Tungstenite Tungstite Turanite Turgite Turquoise Tvalchrelidzeite Tyrolite Tyuyamunite Ulexite Ullmannite Ulvöspinel UM1988-05-S:AgBiCuHgPb UM1988-06-S:AgBiCuHgPb Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranophane Uranopilite Uranospinite Uvarovite Uvite Uytenbogaardtite (TL) Valentinite Vanadinite var: Arsenatian Vanadinite Vanalite Vanoxite Variscite var: Redondite Vashegyite Vauquelinite Vermiculite Vernadite Vésigniéite Vesuvianite Veszelyite Vikingite Violarite Vivianite Vladimirite Volborthite Voltaite Vysotskite 'Wad' Wairakite Wakabayashilite Walentaite Wardite Wavellite Weberite Weeksite Weilite Weissbergite (TL) Whitlockite Wickenburgite Willemite Witherite Wolframite Wollastonite Woodruffite Wroewolfeite Wulfenite Wurtzite Xanthoconite Xenotime-(Y) Yukonite ? Zálesíite Zapatalite Zaratite Zeolite Group Zeunerite Zincaluminite Zincite Zinclipscombite (TL) Zincolibethenite Zinkenite Zinnwaldite Zippeite Zircon Zoisite var: Thulite Zunyite

1257 entries listed. 844 valid minerals. 40 type localities (valid minerals). 2 type localities (others). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

USA Nevada Carson City Churchill Co. Clark Co. Douglas Co. Elko Co. Esmeralda Co. Eureka Co. Humboldt Co. Lander Co.

USA Nevada Lincoln Co. Lyon Co. Mineral Co. Nye Co. Ormsby Co. Pershing Co. Storey Co. Washoe Co. White Pine Co.

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