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Locality Name:
Rock Hill District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rock Hill District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Boak Mine (Iron King Mine)
Bonnie Blue Mine
Broken Toe Mine
Flora Prospect
Red Band Claim
Red Hill Mine (Redlich Mine)
Rock Hill Mine
Rock Hill Placer
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 38°8'47"N
Longitude: 117°58'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.146388888889,-117.97333333333

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayConnelliteCopperCorundumDescloiziteDiasporeFluoriteFornaciteGypsum
MalachiteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTurquoiseTyroliteWavellite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Boleite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Creedite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Duftite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12368432734
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)32236839,236843544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61236839919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123684111547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61236843413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71236845450
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48123684365
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612368391633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123684327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2236839,2368434979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123684227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12368391382
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1236839363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1236839295
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O2236839,23684348
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1236839378
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2236839,236843220
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1236842345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24236839,236840,236842,2368439617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12368397437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12368436890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123683714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2236839,2368431689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4123683714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123683912537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2236839,2368431107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1236839168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22236842,2368435800
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)123683917
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12368401508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123684217380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1236839492
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123684239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25236839,236840,236842,236843,23684561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4236839,236842,236843,2368444894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12368395186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123684221482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1236843446
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312368395317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212368392562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1236838484
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O1236839245
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1236842374
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412368431655



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