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Locality Name:
New Rambler Mine (Rambler Mine; Holmes Mine; Electrolytic Mine; Great Rambler Mine), New Rambler Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 7493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Rambler Mine (Rambler Mine; Holmes Mine; Electrolytic Mine; Great Rambler Mine), New Rambler Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°13'12"N
Longitude: 106°16'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.22,-106.28166666667
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 Al As Au 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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mo Na Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Te Tl Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAtacamiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPentlanditePyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteUllmannite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Lorándite  (*)
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1778175008803
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3177817500544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21778175005509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41778175005516
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O177817500925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1778175005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217781750027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1778175003531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1778175001025
Copper  (*)CopperCu1778175003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1778175004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1778175002970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1778175001027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1778175008173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1778175007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu17781750030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317781750014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61778175002228
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)177817500116
Lorándite  (*)NoneTlAsS217781750015
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417781750014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217781750012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21778175005674
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2177817500155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe177817500114
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21778175005800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2177817500133
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217781750017380
Oosterboschite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)7Se51778175005
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3177817500511
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn17781750038
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81778175001512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt177817500485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217781750039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81778175009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217781750061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS177817500712
Silver  (*)CopperAg1778175005186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2177817500337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17781750021482
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe317781750024
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1778175001101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131778175005317
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4177817500380


1 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
Hg-0004817781750 U-Th-Pb    YesTemagamiteHg7128New Rambler Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA McCallum et al. (1976); Premo and Loucks (2000)   

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