Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 7495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Duchess Mine, New Rambler Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, 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.

Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Tetrahedrite

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: Cu Fe O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Tetrahedrite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1778	1750	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1778	1750	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1778	1750	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1778	1750	5317

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						Yes		Temagamite	Hg	7128	New Rambler Mining District, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA		McCallum et al. (1976); Premo and Loucks (2000)

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