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Locality Name:
Troy District, Latah Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 250328
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250328.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Troy District, Latah Co., Idaho, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Deary
Troy

Latitude: 46°45'33"N
Longitude: 116°40'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.759166666667,-116.68166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCovelliteEpidoteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43209231,209232,2092365516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12092325707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23209231,209232,20923627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1209231966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12092324165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612092324135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12092328173
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1209227471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22209232,20923639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812092329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24209231,209232,209236,20923861156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512092311516


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-4786223.85.314.55±9.25   47862    136396Carlson Clay Prospect (Flynn; Watertrough), Troy, Troy District, Latah Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4786323.85.314.55±9.25   47863    136396Carlson Clay Prospect (Flynn; Watertrough), Troy, Troy District, Latah Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4803523.85.314.55±9.25   48035    136396Carlson Clay Prospect (Flynn; Watertrough), Troy, Troy District, Latah Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4785023.85.314.55±9.25   47850    138624Little Bear Creek Clay Prospect (Bear Creek), Troy, Troy District, Latah Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4786733.723.828.75±4.95   47867    138624Little Bear Creek Clay Prospect (Bear Creek), Troy, Troy District, Latah Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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