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Locality Name:
New Rambler Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1778
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1750

mindat Locality ID: 7128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Rambler Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blanche Mine
Duchess Mine
New Rambler Mine (Rambler Mine; Holmes Mine; Electrolytic Mine; Great Rambler Mine)

Latitude: 41°13'11"N
Longitude: 106°16'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.219722222222,-106.28138888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Atacamite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Ullmannite

Albite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Lorándite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Oosterboschite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Paolovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Silver ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Temagamite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Violarite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mo Na Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Te Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Fe Ni O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Atacamite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Ullmannite

46 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1778	1750	1	289744	8803
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1778	1750	1	289744	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1778	1750	1	289744	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1778	1750	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1778	1750	1	289744	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1778	1750	1	289744	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1778	1750	1	289744	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1778	1750	1	289744	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1778	1750	1	289744	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1778	1750	1	289744	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1778	1750	1	289744	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1778	1750	1	289744	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1778	1750	1	289744	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1778	1750	1	289744	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1778	1750	1	289744	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1778	1750	1	289744	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1778	1750	1	289744	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1778	1750	2	289743,289744	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1778	1750	1	289744	2228
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1778	1750	1	289744	116
Lorándite ()*	None	TlAsS₂	1778	1750	1	289744	15
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1778	1750	0		451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1778	1750	1	289744	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1778	1750	1	289744	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1778	1750	1	289744	5674
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1778	1750	1	289744	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1778	1750	1	289744	114
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1778	1750	1	289744	5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1778	1750	1	289744	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1778	1750	1	289744	17380
Oosterboschite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₇Se₅	1778	1750	1	289744	5
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1778	1750	1	289744	511
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	1778	1750	1	289744	38
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1778	1750	1	289744	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1778	1750	1	289744	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1778	1750	2	289743,289744	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1778	1750	1	289744	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1778	1750	2	289743,289744	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1778	1750	1	289744	712
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1778	1750	1	289744	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1778	1750	1	289744	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1778	1750	1	289744	21482
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	1778	1750	1	289744	24
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1778	1750	1	289744	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1778	1750	2	289743,289744	5317
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1778	1750	1	289744	380

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
	Hg-00048	1778	1750		U-Th-Pb								Temagamite	Hg	7128	New Rambler Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA		McCallum et al. (1976); Premo and Loucks (2000)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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