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Locality Name:
Pierce City District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 143782
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143782.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pierce City District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
American Placer
Bole Property Mine
Bond Mine
Canal Gulch Creek Placer
Clearwater Gulch Placer (Columbia Crescent)
Cow Creek
Cow Creek Placer
Cow Creek Quarry
Crystal Creek
Crystal Creek Placer
Gaffney Placer (MRDS - 10089307)
Gold Chasers
Gueda Deposit
Harbison And Buob Placers
Irish Creek Placer
Little Beaver Creek Placer
Musselshell Pit
Name Unknown Occurrence (MRDS - 10040123)
Oro-Fino Placer
Orofino Creek (Idaho Company Limited)
Orofino Creek Placer
Orogrande Quarry
Ozark Mine
Pierce City
Pierce Divide Occurrence
Placer Creek Beryl Occurrence
Poorman's Creek Placer
Quartz Creek Placer
Rhodes Creek Placer
Shanghai Creek Placer
Snake Creek Placer

Latitude: 46°32'51"N
Longitude: 115°48'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.5475,-115.81555555556
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 Au B Be Ca F Fe H Hg K Li Mn Na O S Si Ta Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBerylClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileTitaniteTopazTourmaline

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Corundum  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12066498803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32206645,2066472353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512066551310
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183206648,206649,2066504286
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12066382600
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O34206638,206645,206646,2066471797
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1206649520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12066388173
Gold  (*)CopperAu7206623,206631,206638,206643,206645,206646,20664730554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312066385433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412066551507
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12066494924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24206646,206647,206648,20664917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120662339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24206643,206648,206649,20665561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22206638,2066455614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12066492705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32206645,2066471214
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6120664999
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12066454899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212066491476


6 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-4682023.85.314.55±9.25   46820    135604American Placer, Pierce City District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4692623.85.314.55±9.25   46926    136782Cow Creek, Pierce City District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4692723.85.314.55±9.25   46927    136782Cow Creek, Pierce City District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4681823.85.314.55±9.25   46818    136781Cow Creek Quarry, Pierce City District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4681923.85.314.55±9.25   46819    136781Cow Creek Quarry, Pierce City District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4684123.85.314.55±9.25   46841    136781Cow Creek Quarry, Pierce City District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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