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Locality Name:
Royston Cu Deposit, Royston District, Royston Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 207
Youngest recorded age at locality: 207

mindat Locality ID: 227979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Royston Cu Deposit, Royston District, Royston Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°20'0"N
Longitude: 117°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.333333333333,-117.5
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteRutileTurquoise

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)220720703419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2207207027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20720703531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20720708173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20720707437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3207207014640
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2207207017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2207207039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820720709056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO220720705614
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO20720701101
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2072070484


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
PorphCu-00646207207207      Actinolite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Goethite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Tenorite, TurquoiseCu227979Royston Cu Deposit, Royston District, Royston Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USARoystonSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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