Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rough-and-Ready District, Nevada Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 204
Youngest recorded age at locality: 204

mindat Locality ID: 267763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rough-and-Ready District, Nevada Co., California, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bitney Corner
Rough And Ready

Latitude: 39°13'34"N
Longitude: 121°7'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.226111111111,-121.12111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Au Cr Cu Fe O Pb Pt S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	166215	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	166215,166237,166238,166248	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	204	204	1	166222	3902
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	166237,166238,166248	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			27	166209,166211,166212,166215,166216,166218,166219,166220,166221,166224,166226,166227,166228,166230,166233,166234,166235,166236,166237,166238,166239,166241,166242,166243,166245,166247,166248	30554
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	166243	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	166215,166237,166247,166248	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			22	166209,166216,166218,166219,166220,166221,166224,166226,166227,166228,166230,166234,166235,166236,166237,166238,166239,166241,166242,166245,166247,166248	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	166215	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	166215	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	podchrome-00179	204	204	Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic or older (204±2 Ma U-Pb zircon on leucodiorite)										Cr	84048	Dorsey And Ridge Claims, Rough And Ready, Rough-and-Ready District, Nevada Co., California, USA	Dorsey and Ridge	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

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