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Tuff from
Oasis Valley, Nye County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Type:Tuff
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tuff data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oasis Valley, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1382906
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1382906:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tuff
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘThompson Mine, Bare Mountain Mining District (Fluorine Mining District), Bare Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) ⓘMayflower Mine, Bullfrog Mining District, Bullfrog Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) ⓘBVC Claims, Bare Mountain Mining District (Fluorine Mining District), Bare Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘSecret Pass Zone, Bare Mountain Mining District (Fluorine Mining District), Bare Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, USA
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘWonder No. 1 Claim, Bare Mountain Mining District (Fluorine Mining District), Bare Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘYucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘDaisy deposit, Bare Mountain Mining District (Fluorine Mining District), Bare Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘMontgomery-Shoshone Mine, Rhyolite, Bullfrog Mining District, Bullfrog Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 1059, Bullfrog Mining District, Bullfrog Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘRoswell deposit, Bullfrog Mining District, Bullfrog Hills, Nye County, Nevada, USA
References
Macdonald, R., Bagiński, B., Belkin, H.E., White, J.C., Noble, D.C. (2019) The Gold Flat Tuff, Nevada: Insights into the evolution of peralkaline silicic magmas. Lithos, 328. 1-13 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2019.01.017
 
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