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Locality Name:
Royston Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 207
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 262534
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262534.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Royston Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Republic District
Royston District

Latitude: 38°25'9"N
Longitude: 117°34'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.419166666667,-117.56694444444
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
MicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTurquoise

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S144652239988,2399892793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)220720712399963419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14465123998927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2207207123999627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20720712399963531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20720712399968173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS144655239986,239989,239990,239995,23999724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2072072239995,2399967437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3207207123999614640
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2207207123999617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22072074239987,239995,239996,23999739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820720712399969056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2144657239985,239986,239987,239988,239989,239995,23999761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO220720712399965614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12399844894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS144653239989,239995,23999721482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO20720712399961101
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2072076239984,239992,239994,239995,239996,239997484


2 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-11846514465104+40/-39   118465    40758Orizaba Mine (Green Metals Mine), Republic District, Royston Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
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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