Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rock Creek District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36696.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
April Fool Group (Falcon; Ruby Silver; Rock Creek)
Boston Mine
Cow Creek Prospect (Cruson And Pansze's Prospect; C-P Project)
Falcon Mine (Ruby Silver; Rock Creek; April Fool Group)
Horse Mountain Mine (Staggs And Quilici Group)
Red Cow Prospect
Rock Creek Antimony Prospect (Portland Group?; Mountain View; Rock Creek Prospects)
Silver V Claims (Fisher Prospects)
Teapot Mine

Latitude: 41°21'9"N
Longitude: 116°25'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.3525,-116.41666666667

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Copper	Corundum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Stibnite

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 Fe H Hg O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Copper Corundum Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Opal ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	236426,236427	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	236423	11547
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	236425,236427,236429	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	236423	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	236424,236428	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	236423,236426,236427	5674
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	236425,236428,236429	2994
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	236424	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	236423	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	236423,236424,236425,236427,236428,236429	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	236421,236424,236426,236427,236428,236429	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	236424,236426,236427,236428	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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