Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bingham Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 131404
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131404.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bingham Co., Idaho, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Blackfoot Area
Blackfoot Reservoir - Paradise Valley Area
Blackfoot Reservoir Area
Flyg Farm
Hell's Half Acre Decorative Stone
Lincoln Canyon Phosphate Deposit
Miner Creek Phosphate Deposit
No. 49 Pit
Phosphate Deposit (MRDS - 10265655)
Phosphate Deposit (MRDS - 10290247)
Phosphate Deposit (Phosphate Deposit No. 2; MRDS - 10096393)
Sampson No. 1 (MRDS - 10290064)
SE Idaho Phosphate District
Sheep Mountain
Snake River Area
Snake River Placer
Snake River Placers
Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10216649)
Williams Creek Prospect
Willow Creek - Caribou District
Wolverine Creek Travertine Deposit

Latitude: 43°11'2"N
Longitude: 112°12'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.183888888889,-112.20638888889

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.

Copper	Corundum	None	Quartz	Spinel	Zircon

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: Au C Ca Fe Mg O Pt Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Corundum None Quartz Spinel Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Platinum ()*
Quartz ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	204452	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	204416,204446,204448	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	204446	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	204446	14899
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	204446	485
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	204446	61156
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	204446	5251

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
	ree-00745	299	252	Permian											141959	Westvaco Mine (Gay Mine), SE Idaho Phosphate District, Bingham Co., Idaho, USA	Gay and South Forty	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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