Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boundary Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1461.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1366.46

mindat Locality ID: 24721
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24721.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boundary Co., Idaho, USA": 100
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 91

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Buckhorn Mine
Copeland
Grass Mountain
Hall Mt.
Iron Ridge Claim
Leonia Knob
Lion Head Prospect (Lion Creek; Kent Peak)
Lolo Group
Miller Brothers Mine (Lucky Charlie Mine)
Moyie - Yaak District
Myrtle Creek
Name Unknown Occurrence (MRDS - 10119610)
Porthill District
Priest Lake District
Ruby Creek Area
Snow Creek Area
Trout Creek Road
Tungsten Hill Mine (Howard Wickersham; Bull Moose; M & F; Blanche)
Unnamed Uranium Location (MRDS - 10143935)
Wabaningo Mountain

Latitude: 48°48'39"N
Longitude: 116°28'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.810833333333,-116.47305555556

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Zircon

Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 B Be C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Th W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	205837	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3	205758,205786,205822	2734
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	205840	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	205784	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	12	205745,205758,205764,205782,205783,205784,205792,205795,205796,205799,205810,205837	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	205744,205820	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	18	205750,205758,205759,205764,205768,205775,205779,205782,205784,205787,205792,205796,205797,205803,205807,205808,205810,205837	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	205756,205774,205813	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	205782,205792,205798	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	205782	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	30	205741,205747,205750,205762,205763,205764,205768,205770,205771,205772,205774,205775,205778,205779,205780,205782,205785,205787,205789,205791,205792,205794,205796,205798,205803,205808,205810,205811,205822,205833	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	205741,205764,205771,205782	30554
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	3	205745,205799,205820	99
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	205745,205750,205799,205837	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	205747,205784,205787,205794	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	8	205744,205758,205759,205768,205821,205825,205826,205837	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	3	205744,205821,205825	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	205744,205796	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	205818,205834,205835	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	205797	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	205797	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	24	205741,205750,205758,205759,205763,205764,205768,205771,205772,205775,205779,205780,205783,205784,205787,205791,205796,205797,205803,205807,205808,205810,205817,205837	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	8	205756,205759,205768,205775,205784,205797,205808,205837	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36	205741,205742,205745,205747,205758,205763,205764,205768,205771,205772,205774,205775,205778,205780,205782,205783,205784,205785,205787,205789,205791,205792,205794,205795,205796,205797,205798,205799,205803,205807,205810,205813,205820,205825,205826,205833	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	205742,205808,205837	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	205782	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	10	205741,205763,205764,205768,205782,205792,205797,205807,205810,205813	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	205764,205771	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	12	205750,205758,205762,205763,205764,205768,205782,205789,205797,205803,205807,205810	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	205763,205789,205807,205810	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	5	205745,205783,205795,205799,205817	1006
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	205837	2562

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	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00282_206_238	1461.3	1461.3	1461.3	206_238		zircon	Zircon	138690	Lolo Group, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00282_207_206	1455.2	1455.2	1455.2	207_206		zircon	Zircon	138690	Lolo Group, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00282_207_235	1458.8	1458.8	1458.8	207_235		zircon	Zircon	138690	Lolo Group, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-Rb-Sr-02438	1366.46	1366.46	1366.46	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		141343	Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10241113), Moyie - Yaak District, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02439	1366.46	1366.46	1366.46	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		141343	Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10241113), Moyie - Yaak District, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02441	1366.46	1366.46	1366.46	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		141343	Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10241113), Moyie - Yaak District, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02442	1366.46	1366.46	1366.46	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock		141343	Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10241113), Moyie - Yaak District, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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