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Locality Name:
East Archimedes Deposit, 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: 303056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Archimedes Deposit, Richmond-Eureka Mine (Ruby Hill Mine), Ruby Hill, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDigenite
KaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStilpnomelaneTetrahedrite
Wollastonite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS10710709052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)107107011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)107107027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2107107027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS10710702600
Copper  (*)CopperCu10710703846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10710704165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S10710701027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS107107024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu107107030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3107107014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)610710702228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)410710705591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210710705674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2107107017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2107107039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2107107061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)10710706417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS107107021482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1071070456
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1310710701803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310710705317
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO310710701247


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00459107107107     Yes  20084Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USAEurekaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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