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Locality Name:
New Meadows, Adams Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 54359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Meadows, Adams Co., Idaho, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Little Goose Creek Canyon

Latitude: 44°58'0"N
Longitude: 116°12'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.966666666667,-116.2
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: Al Au C F Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCopperCorundumDiamondNoneQuartzSpinelTopazZircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Corundum  (*)Diamond  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32204091,2040921797
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1204091697
Gold  (*)CopperAu2204091,20409230554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312040915433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120409114899
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120409261156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412040921934
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212040921476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12040915251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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