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Locality Name:
Eureka Consolidated Property, Ruby Hill, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 62178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eureka Consolidated Property, Ruby Hill, Eureka District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bell Shaft
Lawton Shaft
Locan Shaft
Wind Sail Shaft

Latitude: 39°30'2"N
Longitude: 115°59'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.500555555556,-115.98944444444
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: As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCopperCorundumMalachiteMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)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)1071072237081,2370822734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)10710703250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)210710705509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)107107027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)10710712370824979
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS107107123708224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu107107030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3107107014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O10710712370821689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2107107012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl10710712370821107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS210710712370835800
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61071071237081477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2107107039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2107107061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)10710706417
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO410710712370821655


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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