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| Species: | Hectorite |
| Formula: | Na0.3(Mg,Li)3(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hectorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view McDermitt Caldera Center, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 278195 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:278195:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | abeeaf97-3a24-4ee0-b3aa-751f177230d1 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Hectorite |
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| 11.7km (7.3 miles) | ⓘDisaster Peak, Disaster Mining District, Montana Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 12.8km (8.0 miles) | ⓘDisaster Peak property (Nevada Cinnabar Group; Bretchell Mercury Deposit), Disaster Mining District, Montana Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 16.2km (10.1 miles) | ⓘEd Deposit, Disaster Mining District, Montana Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 16.3km (10.2 miles) | ⓘMontana Mountains deposit, Disaster Mining District, Montana Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
| 16.3km (10.2 miles) | ⓘKings Valley, Disaster Mining District, Montana Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Article Lithium-Rich Claystone in the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada, USA: Geologic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical...D. Henry * Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA; vgerboa@gmail...Lithium deposits in tuffaceous sediments of the McDermitt caldera constitute possibly the world’s largest Li...origin are not established. The 40 × 25 km McDermitt caldera collapsed during the eruption of ~1000 km3...zoned peralkaline to metaluminous tuff; minor caldera magmatism ceased by 16.1 Ma. About 200 m of sediments |
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