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Locality Name:
Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 28073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Barnes Pit
Buchanan Quarry
Captain John Creek Area
Cave Gulch District
Chimney Creek Marble Quarry
Clearwater District
Copper Springs Prospect
Deer Creek District
Empress Nos.1 & 2 Prospects
Evening Star Lode Prospect
Evergreen Mine
Fadio
George Horseman's Property
Gold Leaf Occurrence
Gold Pan Prospect
Gold Ring Prospect
Golden Crown Group
Kaufman Quarry
Lewiston
Lewiston Area
Lime Point Limestone Deposit (Sunshine Claim; Sunflowwer Claim; Cactus Claim; The Limestone Company Group; Snake River Limestone Deposit; Highland Claim; Cable Claim)
Madden Creek Area
McGregor Pit
Northwest Aggregates
Peacock Copper Occurrence
Peck Pit
Prospects No. 15
Rosebud
Sylvanite Gold-Copper Property
Waha Area
Wild Goose Rapids Area
Wooster Claim (Wooster Placer Lime)

Latitude: 46°11'39"N
Longitude: 116°51'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.194166666667,-116.85833333333
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 Al Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMeloniteMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzTalc

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182525.304286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2210359,21036027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22210359,21036027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12103603531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12103603846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2956512103569895
Gold  (*)CopperAu121037330554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212103605800
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12103722994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22210359,21036039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23210359,210372,21037361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2210359,2103606417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512103721516
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41210359337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212103603337


30 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-4772923.85.314.55±9.25   47729    135770Barnes Pit, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4773023.85.314.55±9.25   47730    135770Barnes Pit, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4763223.85.314.55±9.25   47632    138955Mason Dixon Mine (Sun Beam White Sand Company), Cave Gulch District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4763523.85.314.55±9.25   47635    138955Mason Dixon Mine (Sun Beam White Sand Company), Cave Gulch District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4763623.85.314.55±9.25   47636    138955Mason Dixon Mine (Sun Beam White Sand Company), Cave Gulch District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4760523.85.314.55±9.25   47605    140799Spalding Pit, Cave Gulch District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4760623.85.314.55±9.25   47606    140799Spalding Pit, Cave Gulch District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4760723.85.314.55±9.25   47607    140799Spalding Pit, Cave Gulch District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4791023.85.314.55±9.25   47910    140799Spalding Pit, Cave Gulch District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-49590956580±15   49590    135832Bedrock Creek Limestone Mine, Clearwater District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51181956580±15   51181    135832Bedrock Creek Limestone Mine, Clearwater District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-49743208100154±54   49743    137259Evening Star Lode Prospect, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51198208100154±54   51198    137259Evening Star Lode Prospect, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5252223.85.314.55±9.25   52522    137263Evergreen Mine, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4747123.85.314.55±9.25   47471    138386Kaufman Quarry, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4772423.85.314.55±9.25   47724    138386Kaufman Quarry, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-49756252208230±22   49756    138869Madden Creek Limestone Deposit, Madden Creek Area, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51204252208230±22   51204    138869Madden Creek Limestone Deposit, Madden Creek Area, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4686323.85.314.55±9.25   46863    139719Peck Pit, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4804323.85.314.55±9.25   48043    139719Peck Pit, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-49728208100154±54   49728    141011Sylvanite Gold-Copper Property, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-49729208100154±54   49729    141011Sylvanite Gold-Copper Property, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5144818065122+58/-57   51448    141011Sylvanite Gold-Copper Property, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5144918065122+58/-57   51449    141011Sylvanite Gold-Copper Property, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-49750208100154±54   49750    136330Cache Creek Rapids Adit Prospect, Wild Goose Rapids Area, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51202208100154±54   51202    136330Cache Creek Rapids Adit Prospect, Wild Goose Rapids Area, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-49744208100154±54   49744    136757Corral Creek Granite Quarry, Wild Goose Rapids Area, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51199208100154±54   51199    136757Corral Creek Granite Quarry, Wild Goose Rapids Area, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5219323.85.314.55±9.25   52193    142113Wooster Claim (Wooster Placer Lime), Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5219423.85.314.55±9.25   52194    142113Wooster Claim (Wooster Placer Lime), Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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