Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Adams Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 280
Youngest recorded age at locality: 127.9

mindat Locality ID: 19274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adams Co., Idaho, USA": 177
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 156

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
Anderson Group
Bald Eagle
Bear Creek Prospect
Black Leopard Discovery Mine
Blue Bunch Ridge
Brundage Occurrence (French Creek-Patrick Butte Area)
Cascade Area
Chipman Occurrence
Corieg & Telluride Occurrence
Council
Council Area
Council Mountain Area
Crane Creek Occurrence
Crescent Occurrence
Cuddy Mountain District
Fall Creek
Galena Mine (MRDS - 10289478)
Hells Canyon Area
Holbrook Saddle Prospect
Indian Valley Area
Iron Springs
Jackley Ridge Prospect
Kearns Occurrence
Kismet Property
Legal Tender Occurrence
Lost Lake Mine
Mayflower Group
Meadows Area
Meadows District
Mesa Area
Mica Hill
Monument Peak
New Meadows
New Meadows State Pit
North Star Butte Prospect
Oregon Occurrence
Paradise Cabin
Pinehurst
Quarry (MRDS - 10217198)
Quarry (MRDS - 10257098)
Rebound Occurrence
Seven Devils District
Seven Devils Mts
Switchback
Thorn Creek Placers
Trail Creek Prospect
Tungmarie Nos. 2 And 5 Occurrence
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10216521)
Unknown Stone (MRDS - 10143671)
Unknown Stone (MRDS - 10208032)
West Branch
White Rose Occurrence
Yantis Ditch

Latitude: 44°58'12"N
Longitude: 116°25'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.97,-116.41722222222

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Gyrolite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilbite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tobermorite	Topaz	Volborthite	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: Ag Al Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Baryte Beryl Brochantite Calcite Caledonite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Gyrolite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilbite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Titanite Tobermorite Topaz Volborthite Zircon

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gyrolite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lindgrenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Offretite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Platinum ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Volborthite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	204127	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	204171	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	204182	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	204090,204097	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			6	204101,204108,204122,204124,204129,204130	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	280	127.9	1	204101	708
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	204101,204104,204108,204129	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	280	280	4	204052,204059,204110,204131	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	204087	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	280	280	1	204131	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	280	127.9	30	204066,204101,204102,204104,204108,204111,204123,204125,204127,204128,204129,204130,204131,204137,204141,204142,204148,204153,204155,204156,204157,204158,204166,204173,204175,204180,204181,204182,204194,204195	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			3	204101,204129,204182	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	280	280	14	204049,204063,204066,204097,204104,204108,204110,204131,204140,204141,204158,204171,204175,204193	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			2	204101,204108	359
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	280	280	1	204131	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	280	280	28	204054,204066,204102,204105,204108,204111,204114,204116,204117,204123,204125,204127,204129,204130,204131,204137,204140,204142,204148,204152,204155,204156,204157,204166,204173,204180,204194,204195	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	280	280	24	204054,204066,204087,204101,204108,204110,204116,204121,204123,204125,204127,204128,204129,204130,204131,204137,204141,204142,204155,204157,204166,204175,204179,204194	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	204041,204083	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	280	280	17	204101,204108,204116,204122,204123,204127,204129,204131,204140,204153,204155,204157,204166,204180,204182,204193,204194	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			5	204097,204101,204125,204129,204182	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			3	204083,204091,204092	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	280	280	11	204066,204101,204108,204116,204127,204128,204129,204130,204131,204155,204175	4165
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O			1	204097	84
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			9	204101,204102,204108,204125,204127,204129,204130,204173,204175	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂			3	204101,204129,204182	67
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			2	204083,204091	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			5	204101,204104,204108,204129,204182	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	204110	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	280	280	14	204101,204102,204104,204108,204122,204129,204131,204140,204152,204153,204173,204182,204192,204193	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	204128	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	280	280	4	204110,204121,204131,204179	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	204137	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	204083,204091,204092,204113,204128,204141,204199	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			5	204101,204104,204108,204129,204193	1544
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O			1	204097	142
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	280	280	16	204052,204101,204105,204114,204122,204123,204125,204129,204131,204148,204153,204156,204157,204180,204194,204195	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			13	204083,204091,204105,204114,204123,204125,204137,204148,204156,204157,204180,204194,204195	5433
Lindgrenite ()*	None	Cu₃(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₂(OH)₂			3	204101,204129,204182	21
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	280	280	3	204083,204091,204131	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	280	127.9	30	204054,204101,204102,204104,204105,204107,204108,204114,204123,204125,204127,204129,204130,204131,204140,204148,204152,204153,204155,204156,204157,204158,204166,204173,204175,204180,204181,204193,204194,204195	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			2	204049,204097	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			6	204101,204129,204141,204153,204182,204189	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			1	204129	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	204045,204087,204107,204175	17380
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O			1	204097	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	204069	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	204166	2349
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	204083	485
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			4	204101,204104,204129,204182	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	280	280	13	204066,204107,204110,204113,204131,204137,204141,204155,204158,204171,204175,204179,204199	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	280	127.9	29	204045,204052,204066,204083,204085,204092,204097,204102,204104,204107,204108,204110,204111,204113,204129,204130,204131,204140,204141,204146,204152,204155,204166,204171,204173,204181,204182,204193,204199	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			3	204104,204182,204189	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	204110	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	280	280	8	204107,204110,204131,204137,204157,204158,204179,204194	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	204083,204092	1934
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	204127	268
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	280	280	1	204131	2045
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆			1	204097	47
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	204193	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	280	280	8	204102,204107,204110,204111,204127,204131,204173,204175	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			2	204049,204097	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	280	127.9	1	204101	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)			1	204097	114
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	204083,204092	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	204108	2562
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O			1	204117	155
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	204083,204091	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	280	280	4	204101,204108,204131,204182	1025

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-01051	280	280	Lower Permian				S	19493	Red Ledge Mine (Red Lodge; Red Eagle), Cuprum, Seven Devils District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA	Red Ledge	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
USGS-Rb-Sr-02475	140	128	134±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		138763	Lower Devil's Hollow Prospect, Seven Devils District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02476	206.3	164.3	185.3±21	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		138763	Lower Devil's Hollow Prospect, Seven Devils District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02477	139.9	127.9	133.9±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		141241	Tussel Mine, Seven Devils District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02478	206.3	164.3	185.3±21	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		141241	Tussel Mine, Seven Devils District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02479	139.9	127.9	133.9±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		141241	Tussel Mine, Seven Devils District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02480	206.3	164.3	185.3±21	Rb-Sr	maximum age of intrusion	whole rock		141241	Tussel Mine, Seven Devils District, Adams Co., Idaho, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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