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Locality Name:
Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 17
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 22677
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22677.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA": 294
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 260

Number of Child Localities: 89
Child Localities:
Bruneau - Grandview Area
Bruneau Area
Bruneau Canyon
Bruneau District
Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper)
Bruneau River
Bruneau Woodpile
Bruneau-Grandview Area
Castle Creek District
Castle Creek Mercury Occurrence
Chrisman Hill Mine (CH)
De Lamar Area
De Lamar District
Eagle Rock Placers (Eagle Rock Extention Placers)
Eddy-Conway-Eddy Mining & Milling
Enterprise
Fletcher & Brunzell Occurrence
Flint District
Florida Mountain District
French District
Gabriel Mines Company
Geode Occurrence
Givens Springs Area
Glenns Ferry Area
Golden Reward Mining & Milling Company
Goldflour Mining Company
Grandview Area
Grandview-Orena
Graveyard Point
Great Home Mining Company
Hammett Area
Happy Boy
Homedale
Homestake
Idaho Calcium Corp
Idaho Gold & Platinum Merger Mines
Idaho Perlite Inc
Imperial Mercury Prospect
Jarbidge River Placer Gold
Jordan Valley - Silver City Area
Jump Creek
Last Chance Prospect (MRDS - 10241891)
Lee Mines
Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10266718)
Lucky Boy Group
Marsing Area
Marsing Clay
May Day
Melba Area
Mountain Chief
Murphy Area
New Era Mining & Development Company
Opaline
Oreana Area
Orogrande Gold Inc
Owyhee Mercury Property
Owyhee River Occurrence
Owyhee Silver Mining
Petrified Fossil Locality
Pixley Basin Mining Company
Potash Company Of America
Pumice (MRDS - 10207993)
Pumicite Deposit (MRDS - 10120564)
Pyramid Placer Mine
Reynolds Area
Riddle Area
Rock & Paul Cinnabar Occurrence
Rock Tepe Mine
Rough Mountain District
Royal Purple 1-3 Occurrence
Sheaville Project (Succor Creek)
Shoofly Creek Clay Occurrence
Silver City District (Carson District)
Silver City Region
Snake River Area
Snake River Placer (MRDS - 10168735)
South Mountain District
Squaw Creek Claims (Mineral Hill Uranium Exploration Company)
Steele District
Taimage Rawhide Mine Company
Terry Linn Placers
Twin Buttes Group (Whelchel Mines Company)
Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10192627)
US Titanium Corp
War Eagle District
War Eagle Mountain
Western Mining & Exploration Company
Wilson Area
XY Prospect

Latitude: 42°57'12"N
Longitude: 116°22'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.953333333333,-116.37305555556
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg N Na O P Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As H K O Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
CalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidote
EpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteHeulanditeIlvaiteKaoliniteLillianiteLinariteMadociteMalachite
MandarinoiteMarcasiteMicaMiniumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeitePolybasitePyrite
PyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSapphirineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteVivianiteXanthoconiteZircon

89 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beidellite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinoptilolite-K  (*)Copper  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Fischesserite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Madocite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mandarinoite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nitratine  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Robinsonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Selenopolybasite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vikingite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S24210439,210442,210447,210470,210481,210483,210487,210495,210496,210498,210499,210500,210510,210596,210600,210601,210602,210605,210637,210644,210653,210657,210658,2106622793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)25210667,210676,210678,210679,2106803419
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]1210447133
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS3210439,210447,21059687
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)6210666,210667,210671,210675,210677,2106812734
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1210685379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3210596,210667,2106749052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61210674919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22210666,2106745509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4210447,210450,210596,21062111547
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3210447,210481,21060085
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O76210666,210671,210674,210675,210677,210681450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43210679,210680,2106815516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13.9375.518210421,210481,210498,210503,210562,210571,210596,210601,210637,210662,210667,210671,210673,210674,210678,210679,210680,21068127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62210666,210674359
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212106275171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)5210666,210667,210671,210674,2106774979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2210679,2106805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS228210439,210447,210469,210473,210481,210483,210490,210497,210596,210597,210600,210601,210605,210625,210632,210637,210644,210666,210667,210669,210670,210671,210674,210676,210678,210679,210680,21068127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl6210447,210461,210596,210600,210637,2106441382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412105883902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2210674,2106813531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3210467,210550,2105712600
Clinoptilolite-K  (*)HeulanditeK6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O170.01013
Copper  (*)CopperCu5210447,210500,210607,210670,2106813846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312106271797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4210447,210674,210679,2106804165
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S81210596126
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612106664135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)8210596,210600,210601,210611,210667,210673,210676,2106808173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1210544484
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe2121044724
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12104242740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25210441,210596,210600,210612,2106439617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS24210433,210469,210473,210481,210483,210510,210596,210597,210600,210625,210632,210644,210666,210667,210671,210673,210674,210675,210676,210677,210678,210679,210680,21068124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12104477437
Gold  (*)CopperAu60210432,210439,210441,210443,210446,210447,210449,210450,210456,210472,210474,210475,210477,210478,210480,210482,210488,210490,210491,210494,210495,210496,210497,210498,210499,210500,210501,210502,210503,210505,210509,210510,210511,210588,210596,210600,210602,210604,210608,210610,210611,210612,210615,210627,210628,210630,210631,210637,210651,210654,210658,210662,210664,210670,210679,210681,210684,210685,210688,21068930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12104812812
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S61210666113
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O64210666,210671,210674,210679741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35210550,210588,210646,210679,21068114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3210666,210667,2106741689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32210588,2106645433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)8210666,210667,210671,210673,210674,210676,210678,210679197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S145210447,210481,210483,210596,210600784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62210447,2104612228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412104475591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24210666,210674,210675,210678987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41210596249
Madocite  (*)MadocitePb19(Sb,As)16S43170.0106
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121058814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25210640,210674,210678,210679,21068012537
Mandarinoite  (*)MandarinoiteFe3+2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O121044714
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS26210439,210447,210458,210596,210600,2106375674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS211210439,210447,210458,210470,210481,210483,210596,210621,210653,210658,210662300
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O43210666,210671,210674247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26210481,210489,210580,210599,210632,21063717380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se9210439,210441,210447,210461,210470,210481,210483,210596,210600192
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)121053491
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1210562471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O13.9375.58210421,210466,210489,210551,210565,210580,210583,2105902994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2210441,2105962349
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S282210596,21063789
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1210588485
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]9210447,210456,210470,210481,210483,210596,210600,210621,210637716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS35210447,210600,210637,210644,210653733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS313210447,210458,210470,210481,210483,210596,210605,210621,210637,210643,210644,210653,2106621425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS237210432,210439,210442,210447,210450,210458,210469,210473,210474,210475,210477,210478,210481,210482,210483,210490,210494,210600,210602,210612,210621,210625,210631,210637,210640,210643,210644,210646,210651,210654,210667,210669,210676,210680,210681,210687,21068839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12106741725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3121062184
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S89210666,210667,210671,210673,210674,210676,210678,210680,2106819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216.45.589210418,210421,210432,210433,210439,210441,210442,210443,210446,210447,210449,210450,210456,210458,210461,210463,210469,210470,210472,210473,210474,210475,210477,210478,210481,210482,210483,210487,210488,210489,210490,210491,210494,210495,210496,210498,210499,210500,210501,210502,210509,210510,210511,210528,210565,210580,210583,210596,210599,210600,210601,210602,210604,210605,210608,210610,210611,210612,210615,210621,210625,210630,210631,210632,210635,210637,210640,210643,210646,210651,210654,210658,210662,210666,210667,210669,210670,210671,210673,210674,210676,210678,210679,210680,210681,210685,210687,210689,21069661156
Robinsonite  (*)NonePb4Sb6S13170.01039
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212105885614
Selenopolybasite  (*)NoneCu(Ag,Cu)6Ag9Sb2(S,Se)9Se212104476
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12106766417
Silver  (*)CopperAg20210432,210447,210461,210474,210475,210477,210478,210480,210482,210487,210495,210496,210497,210498,210510,210596,210637,210662,210685,2106875186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)6210666,210667,210678,210679,210680,2106812473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS22210433,210439,210447,210483,210510,210597,210600,210625,210632,210637,210644,210667,210670,210671,210673,210674,210676,210678,210679,210680,210681,21068721482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS47210470,210481,210483,210596,210600,210621,210637586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S38210481,210482,210596,210599,210608,210635,210646,2106873418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS4210470,210481,210483,210596332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312105961803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311210469,210473,210596,210621,210662,210667,210669,210676,210679,210680,2106815317
Vikingite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb8Bi13S30121066627
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2210600,210653636
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS32210468,21059689
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1210588939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12105885251


33 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-1798115.58.25±2.75   1798    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3578711.4959.40510.45±1.045   35787    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3578811.4959.40510.45±1.045   35788    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3578911.4959.40510.45±1.045   35789    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3579112.0349.84610.94±1.094   35791    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3579612.30910.07111.19±1.119   35796    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3579912.44110.17911.31±1.131   35799    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3580112.74910.43111.59±1.159   35801    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3580312.9810.6211.8±1.18   35803    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3580613.27710.86312.07±1.207   35806    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3580713.27710.86312.07±1.207   35807    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3580913.93711.40312.67±1.267   35809    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4194010.37.58.9±1.4   41940    136240Bruneau Jasper (Bruneau Canyon 1-5; Bruneau Group Jasper), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-32815171516±1   32815    141557Unnamed Perlite Location (MRDS - 10266153), French District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4852111.1411.0311.1+0.04/-0.07   48521    139561Opalene Gulch, Givens Springs Area, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4852211.1411.0311.1+0.04/-0.07   48522    139561Opalene Gulch, Givens Springs Area, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4852311.1411.0311.1+0.04/-0.07   48523    139561Opalene Gulch, Givens Springs Area, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1670616.411.213.8±2.6   16706    27498Graveyard Point, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4204310.37.58.9±1.4   42043    138199Imperial Mercury Prospect, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41914100.015.01+4.99/-5   41914    138290Jarbidge River Placer Gold, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41797140.017.01+6.99/-7   41797    138611Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10266718), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41803140.017.01+6.99/-7   41803    138611Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10266718), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41804140.017.01+6.99/-7   41804    138611Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10266718), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41805140.017.01+6.99/-7   41805    138611Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10266718), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41806140.017.01+6.99/-7   41806    138611Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10266718), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41808140.017.01+6.99/-7   41808    138611Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10266718), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41809140.017.01+6.99/-7   41809    138611Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10266718), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41854140.017.01+6.99/-7   41854    138611Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10266718), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1145714.512.513.5±1  whole rock11457    139901Potash Company Of America, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41770140.017.01+6.99/-7   41770    140306Royal Purple 1-3 Occurrence, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-48797121011±1   48797    136955Diatom Claim (Diatomite Claim), Wilson Area, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-48798121011±1   48798    136955Diatom Claim (Diatomite Claim), Wilson Area, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-48799121011±1   48799    136955Diatom Claim (Diatomite Claim), Wilson Area, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070505De Lamar Mine (Wahl; Sommercamp; Voschay), De Lamar District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070505

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