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Locality Name:
Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 47
Youngest recorded age at locality: 44

mindat Locality ID: 3746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ardeth Lake
Benedict Creek Area (Devil's Den)
Glens Peak
Oreamnos Lake

Latitude: 43°59'38"N
Longitude: 115°2'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.993888888889,-115.03888888889
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 B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P REE S Si Sn Ta Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P REE S Si Sn Ta Ti U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBastnäsiteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCarpholiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHellanditeMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePyriteQuartzRutileSodaliteSpinelTopazTourmaline
Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carpholite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Dravite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hellandite-(Ce)  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Masutomilite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)Potassiccarpholite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Topaz  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Wodginite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)44443205261,205262,2052648803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2474402162
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F47440304
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)244442205261,205262606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1844442205261,2052624286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4744027770
Carpholite  (*)CarpholiteMn2+Al2Si2O6(OH)44744025
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2474405171
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)474401025
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O647440518
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)47440648
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)47440371
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O47440345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F474402740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF244442205262,2052649617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)474407437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O474406890
Hellandite-(Ce)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Ce2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)2474408
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S47443205261,205262,205263237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O344442205261,20526214640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O474401271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44744014899
Masutomilite  (*)MicaKLiAlMn2+(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)24744012
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)44443205261,205262,2052644924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2474405800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24744017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)474402349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)47440326
Potassiccarpholite  (*)CarpholiteK(Mn2+,Li)2Al4Si4O12(OH,F)847442205261,2052634
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24744039462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO347440244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO244443205261,205262,20526461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2474405614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)474406417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3444412052611214
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F244442205262,2052641476
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O47440890
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O84744078
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)474405251


2 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
Alexandra-0131444444K-ArAge of intrusionbiotite     3746Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise Co., Idaho, USASawtooth BatholithBennett (1980)10.2113/gsecongeo.75.2.278EG75_278Figure 11
Grew_Li_2019_0089474747      Potassiccarpholite 193634Glens Peak, Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise Co., Idaho, USAFall Creek drainage, near Glens Peak, Boise County, Idaho (Van Laer 2005)Menzies and Boggs (1993); Gaschnig et al. (2011)   

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