Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Dewey Mine (Dewey Dome; Dewey-Sunnyside; Dewey Hill), Thunder Mountain District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 45726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dewey Mine (Dewey Dome; Dewey-Sunnyside; Dewey Hill), Thunder Mountain District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Zircon

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 Au Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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