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Locality Name:
Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 44

mindat Locality ID: 39420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Ada Elmore Lode (Pittsburg; Elmore)
Annette Prospect
Bear Creek Placers
Bone Parte Mine
Champion Occurrence
Clifton Bell
Common Wealth Mine
Confederate Star Mine
Dismal Swamp Placer Mine
Dona Prospect
Doolittle Prospect
Elmore Mine
Empire Mine
Flag Staff Prospect
Glen Eden Prospect
Golden Bear Lode Occurrence
Howard Mine
Idaho Gold Chief Prospect (Tip Top; Henry Clay Lode; Bar Lode)
Independence Mine
Keystone Mine
Lison Mine (Republic; Homestake; Poorman; General Sherman; General Grant; Gold Bug)
Manhattan Occurrence
Mountain Buck Mine
New York Occurrence
Ophir Mine
Passover Prospect
Pittsburg Mine
Quil Pig Prospect
Rocky Bar West Minx Claims
Sheep Creek
Spanish Town Mine
Vibrator Prospect
Vishnu Mine (Clifton Bell; Idaho; Bullhide; Esmeralda; Mountain Goat)
War Eagle Prospect
West Ophir Mine

Latitude: 43°41'19"N
Longitude: 115°17'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.688611111111,-115.28888888889

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 As Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca F Mo O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumFluoriteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
TopazZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212078222162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3207814,207826,2078479052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1848442207822,2078444286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4844027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212078225171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23207814,207826,20784727198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2484409617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6207814,207820,207826,207831,207838,20784724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5207814,207816,207822,207826,20784730554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312078225433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120782214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2484405800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120782217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26207814,207820,207826,207831,207838,20784739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO248448207814,207820,207822,207826,207831,207838,207844,20784761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212078225614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81207822353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12078314894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6207814,207820,207826,207831,207838,20784721482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212078221476
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4484401655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1207822939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12078225251



1 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
NAVDAT-21636484446±2   21636    276552Sheep Creek, Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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