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Locality Name:
Ruth Pit, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 122.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 99.9

mindat Locality ID: 59491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruth Pit, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Deep Ruth Ore Body
Deep Ruth Shaft
Kellinske Shaft
Minnesota Mine
Ruth Mine

Latitude: 39°15'36"N
Longitude: 114°59'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.26,-114.99944444444

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zunyite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Wollastonite

31 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	111	109	0		3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	111	109	0		966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	111	109	1	241583	1310
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	111	109	1	241582	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	111	109	1	241582	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	111	109	1	241582	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	111	109	1	241582	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	111	109	1	241582	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	111	109	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	111	109	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	111	109	0		9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	111	109	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	122.1	99.9	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	122.1	99.9	0		14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	111	109	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	111	109	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	111	109	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	111	109	1	241582	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	111	109	1	241582	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	111	109	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	122.1	99.9	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	111	109	1	241582	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	111	109	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	111	109	1	241582	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	111	109	0		4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	111	109	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	111	109	0		21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	111	109	0		2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	111	109	0		1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	122.1	99.9	0		1655
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	111	109	0		86

2 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
	NAVDAT-117653	122.1	99.9	111±11.1					117653						59491	Ruth Pit, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	PorphCu-00121	111	109	111–109									Actinolite, Alunite, Andalusite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Goethite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tremolite, Wollastonite, Zunyite	Cu	59491	Ruth Pit, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	Ely	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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