Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Crow Creek District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 249238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crow Creek District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Area A; 5 Thru 11; Stewart Flat Prospect (Dry Ridge Prospect; West Limb Georgetown Syncline.; Middle Dry Ridge)
Beaver Dam Creek Occurrence (Area A; 2 Through 7; Meade Peak.; Area E; 37 Snowdrift Mtn. Quad.)
Booth Spring Mine (LD Salt Spring Mine)
Deer Creek-Wells Canyon Area Prospect (Webster Syncline Deposits; S.Fork Sage Creek To Sand Wash Flat; Areas C; D; Snowdrift Mtn.; Area D; 48a; 49; 50; 51; Stewart Fla; Wells Creek Prospect)
Diamond Creek Prospect (Area B; 16 Thru 18; Stewart Flat; Area C; 19 Thru 23; Stewart Flat; North Freeman Ridge; Area C; 26 Thru 34; Stewart Flat)
Green Mountain Deposits (Area A; 1; 2; 3; Snowdrift Mtn.; Area A; 12; Stewart Flat; West Limb Georgetown Syncline; Dry Ridge; Units 3; 4)
Lone Pine Spring
Pole Canyon
Smoky Canyon Mine (Area A; Crow Creek NE; Area D; 35 Thru 48b; Stewart Flat)
South Freeman Ridge; West Slope Prospect (Upper Deer Creek; East Limb Georgetown Syncline; Freeman Ridge; Unit 2; Area C; 24; 25; Stewart Flat; Area A; 4 Thru 9; Snowdrift Mtn.)
Stewart Canyon Prospect (Husky Unit No. 1; Area A; 1 Thru 4; Stewart Flat; Area D; 26; 27 Dry Valley; West Limb Georgetown Syncline; Dry Ridge; Unit 1)
Wells Canyon

Latitude: 42°37'35"N
Longitude: 111°11'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.626388888889,-111.19305555556

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Prioritized?	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
ree-00680	541	541	Precambrian	low	136945	Diamond Creek Prospect (Area B; 16 Thru 18; Stewart Flat; Area C; 19 Thru 23; Stewart Flat; North Freeman Ridge; Area C; 26 Thru 34; Stewart Flat), Crow Creek District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Diamond Creek	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00751	299	252	Permian		140672	Smoky Canyon Mine (Area A; Crow Creek NE; Area D; 35 Thru 48b; Stewart Flat), Crow Creek District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Smoky Canyon	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00747	299	252	Permian		140880	Stewart Canyon Prospect (Husky Unit No. 1; Area A; 1 Thru 4; Stewart Flat; Area D; 26; 27 Dry Valley; West Limb Georgetown Syncline; Dry Ridge; Unit 1), Crow Creek District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Husky	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189

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