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Locality Name:
B And B No. 4 Claim, Big Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 135701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "B And B No. 4 Claim, Big Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°3'41"N
Longitude: 115°24'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.061388888889,-115.40861111111

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.

Baryte	Clay	Covellite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite

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 Ba Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Covellite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	48	45	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	48	45	843
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	48	45	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	48	45	4165
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	48	45	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	48	45	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	48	45	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	48	45	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	48	45	3418

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
	Hg-00094	48	45								Yes		Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Polhemusite	Hg	39611	Big Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA		Leonard et al. (1978); Leonard and Marvin (1982); Criss et al. (1984)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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