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K Feldspar from
Thacker Pass deposit, McDermitt Caldera Center, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'K Feldspar' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view K Feldspar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thacker Pass deposit, McDermitt Caldera Center, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1629831
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1629831:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of K Feldspar
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘMoonlight Mine, Disaster Mining District, Montana Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘMcDermitt Mine, Opalite Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘAurora Uranium Prospect, Opalite Mining District (McDermitt Mining District), Malheur County, Oregon, USA
40.8km (25.4 miles) ⓘSleeper mine, Awakening Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
42.8km (26.6 miles) ⓘNational Mine (National vein), National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
43.9km (27.3 miles) ⓘBuckskin National mine, Buckskin Mountain, National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘJumbo mine (Austin mine), Awakening Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
55.4km (34.4 miles) ⓘAshdown mine, Vicksburg Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
75.1km (46.7 miles) ⓘSandman Project, Ten Mile Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
78.2km (48.6 miles) ⓘGolden Sage Project, Ten Mile Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
Benson, Thomas R., Coble, Matthew A., Dilles, John H. (2023) Hydrothermal enrichment of lithium in intracaldera illite-bearing claystones. Science Advances, 9 (35) doi:10.1126/sciadv.adh8183
 
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