Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 249209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby Creek District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Ables Placer
Bobs Creek Mica Occurrence
Elk River Clay Deposit
Gold Eagle Prospect
Gold Hunter Prospect
Old Jackson Tunnel Prospect
Ruby Creek Mine
Ruby Creek Prospect (Lower Ruby Creek)
Victoria Prospect

Latitude: 46°48'45"N
Longitude: 116°17'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.8125,-116.29277777778

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	206669	2734
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	206671	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	206669,206671	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	206669,206670,206671	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	206669,206671	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	206663	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	206668	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23.8	5.3	1	206665	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	206668,206669,206670,206671	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	206669	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	206668,206670,206671	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	206668,206669,206670,206671	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	206669	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	206668,206669,206670,206671	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	206669,206670,206671	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-48022	23.8	5.3	14.55±9.25					48022						137181	Elk River Clay Deposit, Ruby Creek District, Clearwater Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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