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Locality Name:
Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 16147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
2nd Street
Antelope Flats
Cachelot Mine (Chalspar Mine; Marantha Mine; Holterman; Kraken Hill Mine)
Deer Creek
K-7 Tunnel
Morgan Creek
Rat's Nest Claim (Rat's Nest Mine)
Spar Canyon
Thompson Creek Mine (Tungsten Jim Mine; Salmon River Scheelite Mine)
Unnamed Pit

Latitude: 44°27'4"N
Longitude: 114°12'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.451111111111,-114.21611111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Heulandite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Stilbite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite-Na ()*
Jarosite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite
Clay Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Heulandite Linarite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Stilbite Tourmaline

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	55	40	1	206759	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	55	40	3	206752,206757,206760	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	55	40	1	206759	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	55	40	1	206755	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	55	40	1	206753	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	55	40	1	206757	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	55	40	1	206758	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	55	40	1	206755	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	55	40	5	206752,206757,206758,206759,206760	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	55	40	1	206755	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	55	40	1	206755	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	55	40	1	206755	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	55	40	1	206755	3531
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	55	40	1	206759	520
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	55	40	1	206753	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	55	40	1	206755	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	55	40	1	206759	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	55	40	1	206759	6890
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	55	40	1	206757	246
Heulandite-Na ()*	Heulandite	(Na,Ca,K)₆(Si,Al)₃₆O₇₂·22H₂O	55	40	3	206754,206756,206760	18
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	55	40	1	206759	2228
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	55	40	1	206757	1271
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	55	40	1	206755	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	55	40	1	206755	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	55	40	0		425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	55	40	1	206759	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	55	40	1	206759	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	55	40	1	206759	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	55	40	2	206757,206760	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55	40	1	206759	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	55	40	2	206757,206758	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	55	40	1	206759	2349
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	55	40	1	206759	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	55	40	1	206759	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	55	40	1	206759	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	55	40	7	206752,206753,206755,206757,206758,206759,206760	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	55	40	1	206759	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	55	40	1	206755	2473
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	55	40	1	206757	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										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
R040140	Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA	https://rruff.info/R040140
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

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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