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Locality Name:
Ruby Hill, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 107
Youngest recorded age at locality: 107

mindat Locality ID: 60678
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60678.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby Hill, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Albion Shaft
American Shaft
Bowman Mine
Charter Tunnel
Eureka Consolidated Property
Fad Shaft
Frenchmans Tunnel
Granite Tunnel
Grant Mine
Jackson Mine
K K Consolidated Property
Magnet Shaft
Merritt Tunnel
Phoenix Property
Price And Davis Shaft
Richmond Mining Co. Property
Richmond-Eureka Mine (Ruby Hill Mine)
Roberts Tunnel
Rogers Tunnel
Ruby Hill Tunnel
Seventy Six Mine

Latitude: 39°29'43"N
Longitude: 115°59'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.495277777778,-115.99055555556

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite	Zinkenite

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Hawleyite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Seligmannite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Wollastonite Zinkenite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	107	107	1	237088	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	107	107	8	237076,237080,237081,237082,237086,237095,237096,237103	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	107	107	2	237080,237096	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	107	107	2	237085,237097	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	107	107	1	237080	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	107	107	3	237096,237097,237098	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	107	107	1	237088	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	107	107	5	237080,237085,237096,237097,237098	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	107	107	5	237076,237082,237095,237096,237103	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	107	107	1	237097	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	107	107	2	237096,237097	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	107	107	1	237097	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	107	107	1	237097	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	107	107	1	237097	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	107	107	1	237085	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	107	107	1	237096	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	107	107	13	237076,237080,237082,237085,237086,237088,237090,237095,237096,237097,237098,237102,237103	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	107	107	1	237088	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	107	107	4	237080,237088,237096,237097	30554
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	107	107	1	237096	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	107	107	3	237080,237096,237097	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	107	107	2	237082,237096	1689
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	107	107	1	237088	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	107	107	1	237097	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	107	107	2	237096,237097	5591
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	107	107	1	237096	265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	107	107	1	237080	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	107	107	2	237097,237098	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	107	107	1	237096	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	107	107	3	237080,237082,237096	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	107	107	2	237083,237102	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	107	107	2	237096,237097	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	107	107	1	237098	511
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	107	107	3	237080,237081,237096	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	107	107	7	237080,237085,237090,237093,237096,237097,237098	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	107	107	1	237085	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	107	107	3	237080,237096,237097	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	107	107	1	237098	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	107	107	2	237096,237098	5614
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	107	107	1	237085	64
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	107	107	2	237080,237097	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	107	107	6	237085,237088,237093,237096,237097,237098	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	107	107	1	237088	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	107	107	1	237097	456
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	107	107	2	237085,237097	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	107	107	2	237088,237097	5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	107	107	1	237097	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	107	107	7	237076,237080,237082,237090,237093,237096,237102	1655
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	107	107	1	237088	228

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00459	107	107	107							Yes				20084	Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA	Eureka	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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