Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 111
Youngest recorded age at locality: 109

mindat Locality ID: 59492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruth Mine, Ruth Pit, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ruth Shaft
Star Pointer Shaft

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Cu Fe H Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Malachite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	111	109	1	241583	1310
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	111	109	0		5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	111	109	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	111	109	0		27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	111	109	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	111	109	0		4165
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	111	109	0		12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	111	109	0		5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	111	109	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	111	109	0		61156

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
	PorphCu-00121	111	109	111–109							Yes		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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