Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rat's Nest Claim (Rat's Nest Mine), Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55
Youngest recorded age at locality: 40

mindat Locality ID: 8066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rat's Nest Claim (Rat's Nest Mine), Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°20'50"N
Longitude: 114°4'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.347222222222,-114.07027777778

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Calcite	Heulandite	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Stilbite

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: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Calcite Heulandite Mordenite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Stilbite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	55	40	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	55	40	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	55	40	27770
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	55	40	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	55	40	1271
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	55	40	405
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	55	40	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	55	40	61156
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	55	40	268

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000283	Subduction-related Volcanic zone in Central Idaho

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
	Giersdorf_00000283	55	40	55-40	K-Ar						Yes				16147	Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA	Challis Volcanics	Moye et al. (1988)		GGCSI27_87	Age of the Challis Volcanic field

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050097	Rat's Nest Claim (Rat's Nest Mine), Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA	https://rruff.info/R050097
R050647	Rat's Nest Claim (Rat's Nest Mine), Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA	https://rruff.info/R050647

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