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Locality Name:
Hilltop District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36872
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36872.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hilltop District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Aztec Group
Blue Dick Mine
Blue Dick Mine (Kirk Mine; Harmon Mine)
First Riffles Placer
Gold Dyke Prospect
Gold Rod Prospect
Hilltop Mine (Independence Mine)
Jenkins Prospect
Kattenhorn Mine
Kimberly Consolidated Mine (Philadelphia Western Mine)
Lewis Canyon
Miners Dream Mine
Miners Dream Placer
Morning Glory Prospect
Morning Star Mine
Neff Prospect
O. K. Prospect
Paymaster & Christopher Mine
Pittsburg Mine
Red Top Mine (Maysville Mine)
Riffles Placer (First Riffle Claim)
Southern Pacific Lease

Latitude: 40°25'4"N
Longitude: 116°49'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.417777777778,-116.83
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C Cu H Mn O S Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
MeloniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite
Turquoise

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Montanite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS8238033,238035,238036,238039,238042,238045,238046,2380479052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)8238033,238036,238038,238039,238042,238045,238046,23804711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7238033,238036,238039,238042,238045,238046,23804727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212380335171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27238033,238036,238039,238042,238045,238046,23804727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2238042,2380463846
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25238033,238036,238039,238045,2380479617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7238033,238036,238039,238042,238045,238046,23804724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu10238030,238033,238036,238039,238040,238042,238045,238046,238047,23804830554
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se3123804737
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412380335591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21238035230
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212380335674
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)022
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32238042,2380461425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27238033,238036,238039,238042,238045,238046,23804739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212380493106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29238028,238033,238035,238036,238039,238042,238045,238046,23804761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7238033,238036,238039,238042,238045,238046,23804721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32238029,2380353418
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41238047337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312380475317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1238033484


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