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Locality Name:
Nenzel Hill, Rochester District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 177.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 159.3

mindat Locality ID: 58618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nenzel Hill, Rochester District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Plainview Mine
Rochester Mines

Latitude: 40°17'46"N
Longitude: 118°9'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.296111111111,-118.15888888889

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Teallite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	177.9	159.3	2	240788,240789	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	177.9	159.3	0		2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	177.9	159.3	0		9052
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	177.9	159.3	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	177.9	159.3	0		5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	177.9	159.3	0		197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	240789	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	177.9	159.3	0		1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	177.9	159.3	0		4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	240789	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	177.9	159.3	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	177.9	159.3	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	177.9	159.3	0		14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	177.9	159.3	0		2228
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	177.9	159.3	0		915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	177.9	159.3	0		17380
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	177.9	159.3	0		89
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	177.9	159.3	0		716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	177.9	159.3	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	240789	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	177.9	159.3	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	240789	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	177.9	159.3	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	240789	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	177.9	159.3	0		332
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂	177.9	159.3	0		33
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	240789	5317

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
	NAVDAT-41038	177.9	159.3	168.6±9.3					41038						58421	Plainview Mine, Nenzel Hill, Rochester District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

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