Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Butte Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.44
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01261

mindat Locality ID: 24626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Butte Co., Idaho, USA": 129
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 118

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Arco
Big Southern Butte
Big Southern Butte Prospect
Blizzard Mountain
Champagne Creek
Champagne Mine (Lava Creek)
Craters Of The Moon National Monument And Preserve
Fish Haven Dolomite Prospect
Lava Creek District
Lemhi Range
Muldoon

Latitude: 43°27'41"N
Longitude: 113°23'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.461388888889,-113.39972222222

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Epidote	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Enargite Epidote Gypsum Halotrichite
Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Meneghinite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite
Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bílinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Cervantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Powellite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Wurtzite ()*

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			5	205862,205863,205866,205872,205879	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	205849	315
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			8	205856,205861,205866,205872,205876,205883,205902,205938	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	205866,205872	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	205866,205872	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			4	205859,205865,205891,205937	11547
Bílinite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	205842	16
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			11	205849,205857,205862,205863,205864,205866,205867,205874,205876,205879,205938	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			1	205938	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	205912,205938	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	0.01291	0.01261	2	205854,205880	352
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	205859	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	205897	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0.01291	0.01261	13	205849,205859,205862,205863,205864,205865,205866,205870,205874,205876,205878,205879,205921	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			5	205859,205863,205865,205866,205872	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	205856,205897	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	205866	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	205864,205876	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	205859	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	205875	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			7	205849,205874,205897,205902,205916,205938,205944	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	205865	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	205864	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			1	205865	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0.01291	0.01261	24	205856,205857,205859,205861,205862,205863,205864,205865,205866,205867,205870,205872,205874,205875,205878,205883,205886,205891,205897,205912,205916,205936,205937,205938	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	205882	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	205864	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	205866	1689
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			9	205847,205863,205864,205865,205866,205870,205874,205879,205882	469
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	0.44	0.28	2	205845	56
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	205874	784
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	205938	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			5	205856,205866,205872,205876,205897	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			5	205859,205865,205871,205874,205879	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			2	205849,205859	915
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	205866	716
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	205875	494
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			3	205863,205866,205872	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	205866	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.01291	0.01261	17	205849,205857,205859,205861,205862,205863,205865,205866,205870,205871,205872,205874,205876,205878,205879,205897,205938	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	205856	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0.01291	0.01261	3	205866,205872,205878	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.01291	0.01261	18	205843,205844,205847,205859,205862,205863,205864,205865,205866,205872,205874,205876,205878,205879,205882,205891,205938,205970	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	205866,205867,205876	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	205866	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	205866,205872,205879	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			8	205863,205866,205872,205876,205891,205903,205912,205938	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0.01291	0.01261	15	205857,205859,205862,205863,205864,205865,205866,205870,205872,205874,205876,205878,205879,205912,205938	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	205865	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			2	205866,205872	586
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	0.01291	0.01261	2	205854,205880	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0.01291	0.01261	2	205854,205880	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0.01291	0.01261	9	205857,205859,205861,205863,205865,205878,205879,205883,205921	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	205880	369
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	205912	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			4	205859,205865,205874,205879	372

43 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-40079	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40079	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40080	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40080	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40081	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40081	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40082	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40082	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40083	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40083	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40084	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40084	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40085	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40085	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40086	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40086	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40087	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40087	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40088	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40088	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40089	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40089	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40090	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40090	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40091	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40091	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40092	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40092	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40093	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40093	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40094	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40094	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40095	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40095	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40096	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40096	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40097	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40097	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40098	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40098	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40099	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40099	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40100	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40100	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40101	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40101	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40102	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40102	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40103	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40103	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40104	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40104	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40105	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40105	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40106	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40106	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40107	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40107	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40108	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40108	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40109	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40109	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40110	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40110	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40111	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40111	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40112	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40112	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40113	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40113	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40114	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40114	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40115	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40115	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40116	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	40116	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-52755	0.44	0.36	0.4±0.04	52755	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-52756	0.44	0.36	0.4±0.04	52756	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-6282	0.32	0.28	0.3±0.02	6282	123126	Big Southern Butte, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-11586	0.01291	0.01261	0.01276±0.00015	11586	135639	Antimony Prospect (Pickup), Lava Creek District, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-11587	0.01291	0.01261	0.01276±0.00015	11587	140604	Silver Tip Mine, Lava Creek District, Butte Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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