Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Million Prospect, North Fork Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55
Youngest recorded age at locality: 38.9

mindat Locality ID: 139094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-139094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Million Prospect, North Fork Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°49'47"N
Longitude: 114°31'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.829722222222,-114.5325

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.

Calcite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: C Ca Fe O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	55	38.9	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	55	38.9	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	55	38.9	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	55	38.9	61156

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-38890	48.2	42.6	45.4±2.8	38890	139094	Million Prospect, North Fork Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-38894	48.2	42.6	45.4±2.8	38894	139094	Million Prospect, North Fork Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-38895	48.2	42.6	45.4±2.8	38895	139094	Million Prospect, North Fork Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-38903	55	50	52+3/-2	38903	139094	Million Prospect, North Fork Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-38904	55	50	52+3/-2	38904	139094	Million Prospect, North Fork Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-38916	46.7	38.9	42.8±3.9	38916	139094	Million Prospect, North Fork Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-38920	52.8	43.7	48.25±4.55	38920	139094	Million Prospect, North Fork Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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