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Locality Name:
Prospect Ridge, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 107
Youngest recorded age at locality: 107

mindat Locality ID: 60680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prospect Ridge, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Atlas Shaft
Berryman Tunnel
Bertrand Claims
Burning Moscow Mine
California Tunnel
Chicago Tunnel
Colorado Tunnel
Connelly Mine
Dead Broke Tunnel
Diamond Mine
Diamond Mine (Diamond-Excelsior Mine)
Distinction Tunnel
Dominic Tunnel
El Dorado Mine
Eureka Croesus Mine
Eureka Nevada Tunnel
Eureka Tunnel
Excelsior Tunnel
Fourth Of July Tunnel
Fraser Tunnel
Geddes Claims
Gordon Mine
Hamburg Mine
Hoosac Mine
Industry Tunnel
Long Lost Jewel Tunnel
Lord Byron Tunnel
Macintosh Tunnel (Mac Kentosh Tunnel)
Mayberry Tunnel
Metamoras Shaft
New Windfall Mine
New Windfall Shaft
Orange Mine
Prospect Mountain Tunnel
Ruby Dunderberg Incline
Silver Conner Shaft
Sterling Tunnel
Twin Hoosac Tunnel
Uncle Sam Tunnel
Unnamed Stibnite Prospect
Wabash Tunnel
Williams Mine
Windfall Mine

Latitude: 39°28'5"N
Longitude: 115°59'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.468055555556,-115.98888888889
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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyrite
CopperKobelliteMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteZinkenite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1071072237040,2370662793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO210710712370472162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)10710714237031,237032,237035,237038,237039,237040,237042,237046,237049,237060,237063,237064,237071,2370722734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS10710712370409052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)210710712370575509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)107107123703811547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi10710712370571966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111071071237047843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1071073237040,237047,23705727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)10710712370404979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2107107123704027198
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6107107123704094
Copper  (*)CopperCu1071072237057,2370663846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)210710712370579895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1071074237040,237046,237047,23704924243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41071071237047192
Gold  (*)CopperAu1071072237047,23706330554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O10710712370401689
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141071072237047,237052784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41071072237040,23704714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21071075237042,237046,237049,237057,23706012537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1071071237073202
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS21071071237040300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl10710712370401107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS210710712370405800
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21071071237040158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61071074237031,237032,237038,237040477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21071072237040,23707139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81071072237040,2370649056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21071072237040,23704761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1071071237073712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1071072237034,2370731153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1071073237039,237040,23706421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S310710712370703418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131071073237040,237047,2370525317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)210710712370472562
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S421071071237052228


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
sedznpb-00459107107107     Yes  20084Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USAEurekaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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