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Locality Name:
Nenzel Hill, Rochester District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 177.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 159.3

mindat Locality ID: 58618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nenzel Hill, Rochester District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Plainview Mine
Rochester Mines

Latitude: 40°17'46"N
Longitude: 118°9'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.296111111111,-118.15888888889
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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenolampriteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneOwyheeitePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Teallite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S177.9159.32240788,2407892793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)177.9159.302734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS177.9159.309052
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O177.9159.30925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S177.9159.305707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O177.9159.30197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124078927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl177.9159.301382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS177.9159.304165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124078924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)177.9159.307437
Gold  (*)CopperAu177.9159.3030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3177.9159.3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6177.9159.302228
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O177.9159.30915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2177.9159.3017380
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28177.9159.3089
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]177.9159.30716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3177.9159.301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124078939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8177.9159.309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124078961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg177.9159.305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124078921482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS177.9159.30332
Teallite  (*)ArsenolampritePbSnS2177.9159.3033
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312407895317


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
NAVDAT-41038177.9159.3168.6±9.3   41038    58421Plainview Mine, Nenzel Hill, Rochester District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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