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Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

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Mineral List:
  		•  Aegirine
    NaFe
    3+
     
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Aenigmatite
    Na
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
    5
    		TiO
     
    2
    		(Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		)
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Alunite
    KAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  Analcime
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Arfvedsonite
    [Na][Na
     
    2
    		][Fe
    2+
    4
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Augite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)[(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Buddingtonite
    (NH
     
    4
    		)[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Calomel
    Hg
     
    2
    		Cl
     
    2
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada; McCormack, J.K. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35(8), 796-798.]
  		•  'Chalcedony'
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  Chapmanite
    Fe
    3+
    2
    		Sb
    3+
     
    		[OH|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Cinnabar
    HgS
    Reference: [AmMin 84:194]; McCormack, J.K. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35(8), 796-798.]
  		•  'Clay'
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  'Clinoptilolite'
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Copiapite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    4
    		[OH|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 20H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Corderoite (TL)
    Hg
    2+
    3
    		[Cl
     
    2
    		|S
     
    2
    		]
    Type Locality: McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
    Reference: [AmMin 84:194]
    Site Photo
    McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
    © 2005 M. Kampf
  		•  Cristobalite
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1974, 97, p. 501.]
  		•  Eglestonite
    [Hg
    1+
    2
    		]
     
    3
    		[O|OH|Cl
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, Nov. 1999; McCormack, J.K. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35(8), 796-798.]
  		•  'Erionite'
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Fayalite
    Fe
    2+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  'Feldspar Group'
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Fibroferrite
    Fe
    3+
     
    		[OH|SO
     
    4
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  Getchellite
    AsSbS
     
    3
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Hectorite
    Na
     
    0.3
    		(Mg,Li)
     
    3
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(F,OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Hedenbergite
    CaFe
    2+
     
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  'Heulandite'
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  Hypersthene
    (Fe,Mg)SiO
     
    3
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Jarosite
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Kenhsuite (TL)
    Hg
    2+
    3
    		[Cl
     
    2
    		|S
     
    2
    		]
    Type Locality: McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
    Reference: [AmMin 84:194]
  		•  Kleinite
    [Hg
     
    2
    		N]
    +
    3
    		Cl
     
    2
    		S
     
    0.5
    		 · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada; McCormack, J.K. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35(8), 796-798.]
    Site Photo
    McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
    © JBS 2006
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Melanterite
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Mercury
    Hg
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Montmorillonite
    (Na,Ca)
     
    0.33
    		(Al,Mg)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Montroydite
    HgO
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Mordenite
    (Na
     
    2
    		,Ca,K
     
    2
    		)Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    10
    		O
     
    24
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Mosesite ?
    [Hg
     
    2
    		N]
    +
     
    		(Cl,SO
     
    4
    		,MoO
     
    4
    		) · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Opal
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  Pigeonite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Ca)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [NBMG Bull 59 Geology and Mineral Resources of Humboldt County, Nevada]
  		•  Radtkeite (TL)
    Hg
    2+
    3
    		[Cl|I|S
     
    2
    		]
    Type Locality: McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
    Reference: [AM 76 (1991), 1715; HB3 (1997); NM 90-94 (1997)]
  		•  Realgar
    As
     
    4
    		S
     
    4
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Riebeckite
    [ ][Na
     
    2
    		][Fe
    2+
    3
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Stibnite
    Sb
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Terlinguacreekite
    Hg
    2+
    3
    		O
     
    2
    		Cl
     
    2
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist 43:1055-1060]
  		•  Terlinguaite
    Hg
     
    2
    		ClO
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals, Nov. 1999]
  		•  Tridymite
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [NBMG Spec Pub 31 Minerals of Nevada]
  		•  Tripuhyite
    Fe
    3+
     
    		Sb
    5+
     
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine, February 2003, Vol. 67(1), pp. 31–46]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [NBMG Spec Pub 31 Minerals of Nevada]


    57 entries listed. 48 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
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    • Nevada
      • Humboldt Co.
        • Opalite District

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