Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moose Creek District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 249207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moose Creek District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Ann Dee Prospect
Birch Ridge Occurrence (Birch Mountain Quartz Core Pegmatite; Birch Mountain Silica; Birch Mtn. Quartz)
Bull Moose Placer (Puffin)
Cedar Camp Area
Cedars-Kelley Creek Sandstone (1)
Cedars-Kelley Creek Sandstone (2)
Cedars-Kelley Creek Sandstone (3)
Cedars-Kelley Creek Sandstone (4)
Chamberlain Creek Placer
Clearwater River North Fork Placer (At Fix Creek)
Clearwater River Placer (Black Canyon Placers)
Dead Wood Creek Placer
Hidden Creek Placer
Independence Creek Placer
Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence
Lilly Placer Patents (Lilly No. 1)
Long Creek Placer (Blackleed ?)
Lost Cabin Claims
Lucky Deadwood Prospect (Moose Creek Deposit No. 2; Pb; Sara Poo; Mac; Trails End)
Meadow Creek Placer
Moose City Vicinity Occurrence
Moose Creek Deposit No. 1 (Dry Run; Boulder Beach; Golden Fleece; Moose Creek Deposit No. 1; Easy Does It)
Moose Creek Placer
Moose Mountain Prospect
Osier Creek Placer
Ruby Creek Occurrence
Sailor Gulch Patent
Slide Creek Placer
Upper Osier Creek Placer
Vanderbilt Gulch Placer

Latitude: 46°48'12"N
Longitude: 115°6'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.803333333333,-115.1125

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.

Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Au C Cu Fe H Hg K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Pyrite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	206570	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	206569	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	206551,206552,206553,206554,206561	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	206566	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	206551,206552,206553,206554,206561	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	206566	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	206548	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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