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Locality Name:
Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.44
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.28

mindat Locality ID: 123126
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123126.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°24'0"N
Longitude: 113°1'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.4,-113.01666666667

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 F H O 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
NonePyrochlore

1 IMA Minerals at location:
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)0.440.28056



41 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-400790.320.280.3±0.02   40079    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400800.320.280.3±0.02   40080    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400810.320.280.3±0.02   40081    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400820.320.280.3±0.02   40082    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400830.320.280.3±0.02   40083    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400840.320.280.3±0.02   40084    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400850.320.280.3±0.02   40085    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400860.320.280.3±0.02   40086    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400870.320.280.3±0.02   40087    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400880.320.280.3±0.02   40088    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400890.320.280.3±0.02   40089    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400900.320.280.3±0.02   40090    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400910.320.280.3±0.02   40091    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400920.320.280.3±0.02   40092    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400930.320.280.3±0.02   40093    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400940.320.280.3±0.02   40094    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400950.320.280.3±0.02   40095    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400960.320.280.3±0.02   40096    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400970.320.280.3±0.02   40097    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400980.320.280.3±0.02   40098    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-400990.320.280.3±0.02   40099    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401000.320.280.3±0.02   40100    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401010.320.280.3±0.02   40101    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401020.320.280.3±0.02   40102    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401030.320.280.3±0.02   40103    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401040.320.280.3±0.02   40104    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401050.320.280.3±0.02   40105    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401060.320.280.3±0.02   40106    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401070.320.280.3±0.02   40107    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401080.320.280.3±0.02   40108    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401090.320.280.3±0.02   40109    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401100.320.280.3±0.02   40110    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401110.320.280.3±0.02   40111    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401120.320.280.3±0.02   40112    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401130.320.280.3±0.02   40113    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401140.320.280.3±0.02   40114    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401150.320.280.3±0.02   40115    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-401160.320.280.3±0.02   40116    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-527550.440.360.4±0.04   52755    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-527560.440.360.4±0.04   52756    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-62820.320.280.3±0.02   6282    123126Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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