Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Trail Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 141186
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-141186.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trail Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Aspen Range North Occurrence
Blackfoot Bridge Prospect (Blackfoot Bridge Site; Aspen Range North Property 1966)
Middle Sulphur Canyon No. 1 Prospect (Middle Sulphur Canyon; Sulphur Canyon No. 1)
Middle Sulphur Canyon No. 2 Prospect (Sulphur Canyon No. 2; Middle Sulphur Canyon Mining Plan)
North Trail Canyon (Conda)
Swan Lake Gulch Mining Plan Prospect
Trail Canyon Phosphate Deposit
Trail Creek Lease Prospect (Aspen Range Property 1966)

Latitude: 42°42'26"N
Longitude: 111°28'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.707222222222,-111.46972222222

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

3 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
ree-00741299252Permian        136031Blackfoot Bridge Prospect (Blackfoot Bridge Site; Aspen Range North Property 1966), Trail Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USABlackfoot BridgeOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
ree-00752299252Permian        140995Swan Lake Gulch Mining Plan Prospect, Trail Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USASwan Lake GulchOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
ree-00753299252Permian        141183Trail Creek Lease Prospect (Aspen Range Property 1966), Trail Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USATrail CreekOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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