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Locality Name:
Mount Pisgah District, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 50
Youngest recorded age at locality: 50

mindat Locality ID: 205408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Pisgah District, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Anderson Creek Placer
Austin Mine
Bell Boy Occurrence
Caribou City-Stump Creek Area MLA
Caribou Mountain Feldspar Occurrence
Caribou Mountain Prospect
City Creek Gold Placer
Grays Lake Occurrence
Griffin Prospect (Griffiths ?)
Iron Deposit (MRDS - 10073304)
Lalla Rooth Prospect
McCoy - Iowa Creeks Placer
Mount Pisgah; Caribou Mtn
Noal B Occurrence
Oskaloosa Occurrence
Real Mc Coy No. 1 Prospect
Rusler Occurrence
Uranium Sampling Locality 38 Occurrence
Uranium Sampling Locality 39 Occurrence

Latitude: 43°6'39"N
Longitude: 111°18'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.110833333333,-111.31111111111

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pt S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDigenite
EnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWollastoniteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)505008803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3505001534
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS450505205600,205614,205615,205623,2056305516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3205601,205614,20561527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S505012056235707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS250506205600,205601,205614,205615,205623,20563027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O505003531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS505012056234165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S350500802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O505012056232970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S505012056231027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6505004135
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS450500910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)505012056238173
Gold  (*)CopperAu50507205598,205599,205618,205623,205624,205626,20562930554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3505001544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35050120562314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45050120562314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25050012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212056015674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25050120562317380
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1205599485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS250506205600,205601,205614,205615,205623,20563039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO250503205614,205623,20562661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)505006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5050120562321482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13505001803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO505001101
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3505001247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)505001025



1 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
PorphCu-00117505050      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu54489Caribou Mountain Prospect, Mount Pisgah District, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USACaribou MountainSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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