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Locality Name:
Idaho Primitive Area, Ramey Ridge District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 680
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 276155
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276155.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idaho Primitive Area, Ramey Ridge District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 34
Child Localities:
B. J. Prospect
Badger Claim
Beaver Creek Basin
Beaver Ridge Prospect (Aniti; Mother Lode)
Betty Jane Claim Occurrence
Colorado Claim
Crane Meadows Placer (Mountain Meadows)
Gold Bug No. 5 Claim
Gold Dollar Group (Trade Dollar; Little Annie)
Gold Reef Group
Gold Slide Group
Golden Occurrence
Goldfield Group
Hand Creek Placer
Hand Meadows Placer
Happy Jack Prospect
Lewiston Fraction Claim
Little Green Gem No. 7 Mine
Lower Ramey Meadows Placer
Luzon Claim (In Mahan Group?)
Mahan Prospect
Merrill And Vance Occurrence
North Mildred Claim
Pharmacist Prospect
Portland Prospect
Schley No. 3 Group (Includes Original Gold Crown Group)
Snowshoe Mine (Jensen; Orofino)
Submarine Claim
Thomas-Herzog Occurrence
Upper Ramey Meadows Placer
Valley View Claim
Virginia Group
Wild West Group Prospect
Yates Occurrence (Barton)

Latitude: 45°13'28"N
Longitude: 115°14'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.224444444444,-115.24361111111

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 Au C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinel
Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214208599,208600,208603,208604,208611,208612,208613,208615,208616,208621,208622,208626,208627,20862827198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120862224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu68057411208596,208597,208602,208606,208608,208609,208610,208619,208620,208623,20862530554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32.604208602,208610,208614,2086255433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42208599,20861614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27208599,208600,208603,208605,208616,208621,20862712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211208596,208599,208600,208606,208608,208613,208619,208620,208621,208622,20862839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812086229056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221208596,208597,208599,208600,208603,208604,208605,208606,208608,208611,208612,208613,208615,208616,208619,208620,208621,208622,208626,208627,20862861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12086065186
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2.604208602,208610,208614,2086255251



5 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
NAVDAT-12076494547±2   12076    136640Colorado Claim, Idaho Primitive Area, Ramey Ridge District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00297_206_238574574574206_238 zircon   Zircon  137851Hand Creek Placer, Idaho Primitive Area, Ramey Ridge District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00297_207_206680680680207_206 zircon   Zircon  137851Hand Creek Placer, Idaho Primitive Area, Ramey Ridge District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00297_207_235596596596207_235 zircon   Zircon  137851Hand Creek Placer, Idaho Primitive Area, Ramey Ridge District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
ree-007312.60Quaternary        138771Lower Ramey Meadows Placer, Idaho Primitive Area, Ramey Ridge District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USARamey MeadowsOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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