Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rock Hill District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rock Hill District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Boak Mine (Iron King Mine)
Bonnie Blue Mine
Broken Toe Mine
Flora Prospect
Red Band Claim
Red Hill Mine (Redlich Mine)
Rock Hill Mine
Rock Hill Placer
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 38°8'47"N
Longitude: 117°58'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.146388888889,-117.97333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Adelite	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Fornacite	Gypsum
Malachite	Mica	Mixite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Tyrolite	Wavellite

Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Boleite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Connellite ()*	Creedite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Duftite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdofornacite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Connellite Copper Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Fluorite Fornacite Gypsum
Malachite Mica Mixite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Turquoise Tyrolite Wavellite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	236843	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	236839,236843	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	236839	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	236841	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	236843	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	236845	450
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	236843	65
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	236839	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	236843	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	236839,236843	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	236842	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	236839	1382
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	236839	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	236839	295
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	2	236839,236843	48
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	236839	378
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	2	236839,236843	220
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	236842	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	236839,236840,236842,236843	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	236839	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	236843	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	236837	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	236839,236843	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	236837	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	236839	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	236839,236843	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	236839	168
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	236842,236843	5800
Molybdofornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(MoO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	236839	17
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	236840	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	236842	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	236839	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	236842	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	236839,236840,236842,236843,236845	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4	236839,236842,236843,236844	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	236839	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	236842	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	236843	446
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	236839	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	236839	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	236838	484
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	236839	245
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	236842	374
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	236843	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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