Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Richmond-Eureka Mine (Ruby Hill Mine), Ruby Hill, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 45462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Richmond-Eureka Mine (Ruby Hill Mine), Ruby Hill, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
East Archimedes Deposit
Ruby Deeps Deposit
West Archimedes Deposit

Latitude: 39°31'33"N
Longitude: 115°59'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.525833333333,-115.98416666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hawleyite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Wollastonite ()*	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: Al As Au Ba 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: Al As C Ca Cd Cl Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

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

37 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	107	107	0		2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	107	107	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	107	107	1	237097	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	107	107	2	237097,237098	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	107	107	2	237097,237098	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	107	107	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	107	107	1	237097	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	107	107	1	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
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	107	107	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	107	107	2	237097,237098	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	107	107	1	237097	30554
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	107	107	0		62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	107	107	1	237097	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	107	107	0		1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	107	107	1	237097	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	107	107	1	237097	5591
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	107	107	0		265
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	107	107	2	237097,237098	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	107	107	0		202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	107	107	0		1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	107	107	1	237097	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	107	107	1	237098	511
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	107	107	0		477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	107	107	2	237097,237098	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	107	107	1	237097	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	107	107	1	237098	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	107	107	1	237098	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	107	107	1	237097	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	107	107	2	237097,237098	21482
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	1	237097	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	107	107	1	237097	5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	107	107	1	237097	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	107	107	0		1655

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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