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Nevada, USA

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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.



References:
- Castor, S. B. & Ferdock, G. C. (2004): Minerals of Nevada. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publ. 31, in assocation with University of Nevada Press, Reno & Las Vegas, 512 pp.




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


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
var: Byssolite
var: Nephrite
Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
'Adularia'
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: 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'
Apatite-(CaCl)
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
var: Francolite
Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
Aphthitalite
Apjohnite
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Apophyllite-(KOH)
Apophyllite-(NaF)
Aragonite
var: Plumboan Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Argentojarosite
Argyrodite ?
Arsendescloizite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenolamprite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
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
Beidellite
Belmontite
Bementite
Benjaminite (TL)
'Bentonite'
Beraunite
Berryite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Emerald
Beryllonite
Berzelianite
Betafite
β-Uranophane
Beudantite
Beyerite
Bindheimite
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
Calderónite
Caledonite
Callaghanite (TL)
Calomel
Canfieldite
Carbonatecyanotrichite
Carlinite (TL)
Carminite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
var: Wood Tin
Čechite
Celadonite
Celestine
Celsian
Cerussite
var: Argentiferous Cerussite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
Chaidamuite
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
'var: Dendritic Agate'
'var: Eye Agate'
'var: Fortification Agate'
'var: Moss Agate'
'var: Myrickite'
'var: Petrified Wood'
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcocyanite
Chalcomenite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Chalcostibite
Chamosite
Chapmanite
Chatkalite
Chenevixite
Cheralite
Chervetite
Chevkinite-(Ce)
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
Clinochrysotile
Clinoclase
Clinoenstatite
'Clinoptilolite'
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
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
Doyleite
Dravite
Dufrénite
Dufrénoysite ?
Duftite
Dumontite
Dumortierite
Dundasite
Dussertite
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
 Evansite ?
Euxenite-(Y)
Famatinite
Faustite (TL)
Fayalite
Fedotovite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
'Ferrierite'
Ferrimolybdite
Ferritungstite
Ferro-edenite
Ferrohornblende
Fervanite
Fibroferrite
Fischesserite
Fizélyite
'Florencite'
Fluellite
Fluoborite
Fluorite
Fornacite
Forsterite
Fraipontite
Frankdicksonite (TL)
Franklinite ?
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Friedrichite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Gahnite
Gaitite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
Galkhaite
Ganterite
'Garnet Group'
'Garnierite'
Gaylussite
Gearksutite
Gedrite
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
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
Hydrobiotite
Hydromagnesite
Hydroniumjarosite
Hydrotungstite
Hydrozincite
Hypercinnabar
Hypersthene
Ice
Illite
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
Kësterite
'K Feldspar'
Kidwellite
Kieserite
Kingite
Kingsmountite
Kipushite
Klebelsbergite ?
Kleinite
Koechlinite
Kolymite
Köttigite
Kotulskite
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
Mandarinoite
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'
Manganite
Mansfieldite
'Marble'
Marcasite
Marialite
Marokite
Massicot
Matildite
Matioliite
Matlockite ?
Matulaite
Mcguinnessite
Mckinstryite ?
Meionite
Melanterite
var: Cuprian Melanterite
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
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
Murdochite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Nacrite
Nagyágite
Nakauriite
Namibite
Natrojarosite (TL)
Natrolite
Natron
Natrozippeite
Naumannite
Neotocite
Nevadaite (TL)
Neyite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Nissonite
Niter
Nitratine
Nontronite
Nováčekite-I
Natroalunite
'Obsidian'
Offretite
Olivenite
'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
Orpheite
Orpiment
Orthobrochantite (TL)
Orthochrysotile
Orthoclase
 Osarizawaite
Osmium
var: Iridosmine
Owyheeite
Pachnolite
Palladium
Palygorskite
Parachrysotile
Paracoquimbite
Paragonite
Pararealgar
Paratacamite
Paratellurite
Pargasite
Parnauite (TL)
Partzite
Pascoite
Pavonite
Pearceite
Pectolite
Pentahydrite
Pentlandite
Perhamite
Periclase
Perite
Perrierite-(Ce)
'Perthite'
Petzite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
'Pharmacosiderite Group'
Phenakite
Phengite
var: Mariposite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Phoenicochroite
Phosgenite
Phosphofibrite
Phosphohedyphane
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Pickeringite
Picropharmacolite
Piemontite
Pigeonite
Pintadoite
Pitticite
Plagionite
Plancheite
Planerite
'Planerite-Turquoise Series'
Platinum
Plattnerite
Playfairite
Plumbobetafite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Plumbopyrochlore
Pokrovskite
Polhemusite
Polybasite
Polydymite
Polyhalite
Posnjakite
Potarite
Pottsite (TL)
Powellite
Prehnite
Prosopite
Proustite
Pseudobrookite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Auriferous Pyrite
Pyrochroite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrostilpnite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Ametrine
var: Chert
var: Citrine
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
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
Römerite
Roquesite
Rosasite
Roscoelite
Rösslerite
Rozenite
Rucklidgeite
Rutherfordine
Rutile
Sabugalite
Safflorite
Saléeite
Samarskite-(Y)
Samsonite
Sanidine
Saponite
Sarcolite
Sarkinite
Sarmientite
Sassolite
'Scapolite'
Schachnerite ?
Scheelite
Schoderite (TL)
Scholzite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Schröckingerite
Schubnelite
Schuetteite
Schumacherite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Scrutinyite
Searlesite
Segnitite
Selenium
Seligmannite
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Shadlunite
Shattuckite
Siderite
var: Manganoan Siderite
Sideronatrite
Siderotil
Siegenite
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
Stetefeldtite (TL)
Stevensite
Stibarsen
Stibiconite
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
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
Uytenbogaardtite (TL)
Valentinite
Vanadinite
var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
Vanalite
Vanoxite
Variscite
var: Redondite
Vashegyite
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite
Vernadite
Vésigniéite
Vesuvianite
Vikingite
Violarite
Vivianite
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 ?
Zapatalite
Zaratite
Zeunerite
Zincaluminite
Zincite
Zinclipscombite (TL)
Zincolibethenite
Zinkenite
Zinnwaldite
Zippeite
Zircon
Zoisite
var: Thulite
Zunyite


17440 entries listed. 830 valid minerals. 39 type localities (valid minerals). 2 type localities (others). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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