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Locality Name:
Westview District, Gem Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 12
Youngest recorded age at locality: 11.2

mindat Locality ID: 39563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Westview District, Gem Co., Idaho, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 38
Child Localities:
Alexander Mine
Basque Mine
Birthday Mine
Black Pearl Mine (Whitman Mine; Red Warrior And Leviathan Lodes)
Blaine Mine
Blue Bucket Prospect
Checkmate Mine
Double Eagle Mine (Zulu Pearl)
Dynamite Mine
Easter Mine
El Paso Group Mine
Ella Prospect
Emmett Mine
Florence Mine
Friday Mine
Gem State Consolidated Mines Inc. (Dewey Mine)
Gold Digger Prospect
Golden Chest Prospect
I.X.L. Group
Ida Mine
Iron Dollar Mine
Judas Mine
King Tut Group (Mace Group)
Lincoln Mine
Lucky Ridge Mine
Lucky Strike Mine
McCarty Mine
Payette River
Pearl Silver Mine
Pinto Mine
Prospect (MRDS - 10089049)
Shamrock Mine
Silver Spray Mine
Silver Wreath Mine
Smith Mine
Stella Prospect
Wonder Prospect
Zena Prospect

Latitude: 43°51'43"N
Longitude: 116°18'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.861944444444,-116.3025
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: Ag As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumNoneOwyheeitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2207964,2079772793
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1207997379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12079709052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111207987843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1211.211207967,207970,207978,207980,207982,207984,207986,207987,207988,207990,20799827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24207964,207970,207998,20800027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25207967,207970,207980,207990,2079989895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1211.224207964,207965,207966,207967,207968,207970,207972,207973,207976,207977,207978,207980,207982,207983,207984,207985,207986,207987,207988,207990,207996,207997,207998,20800024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu120799130554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312079915433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120799114899
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S282207965,20798789
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1207991485
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33207964,207965,2079871425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21211.227207964,207965,207966,207967,207968,207970,207973,207975,207976,207977,207978,207979,207980,207981,207982,207983,207984,207986,207987,207988,207994,207996,207997,207998,207999,208000,20800139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21211.224207965,207966,207967,207968,207970,207975,207976,207977,207978,207980,207982,207983,207984,207986,207987,207988,207990,207994,207996,207997,207998,207999,208000,20800161156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12079871153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1211.230207964,207965,207966,207967,207968,207970,207972,207973,207975,207976,207977,207978,207979,207980,207981,207982,207983,207985,207986,207987,207988,207990,207993,207994,207996,207997,207998,207999,208000,20800121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312079873418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132207964,2079775317


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-337981211.211.6±0.4   33798    45525Friday Mine, Westview District, Gem Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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