Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ramey Ridge District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 280870
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280870.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ramey Ridge District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Copper Camp Prospect
Frank Church-River Of No Return
Galena Prospect (Galena Lead)
Idaho Primitive Area
Last Chance Claim
Mohawk Group
Sunlight Claims
Yellow Jacket Group
Yellowjacket Nos. 1 - 8 Occurrence

Latitude: 45°11'38"N
Longitude: 115°9'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.193888888889,-115.16138888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Gypsum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Spinel Stibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	211905	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	211908,211909,211929	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	211902	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	211902,211905,211907,211908,211909,211910,211915,211922,211929,211933,211934	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	211905	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11	211902,211911,211912,211916,211917,211918,211919,211920,211921,211925,211927	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	211902	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	211902,211922	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	12	211902,211908,211911,211912,211916,211917,211918,211919,211920,211921,211925,211927	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12	211902,211905,211907,211908,211909,211910,211913,211915,211922,211929,211933,211934	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	211902,211905,211922,211928,211929,211933,211934	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	211902	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	211902,211905,211908,211909,211910,211913,211922,211928,211929,211933,211934	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	211902	5186
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	211928	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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