Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Thompson Creek Mine (Tungsten Jim Mine; Salmon River Scheelite Mine), Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55
Youngest recorded age at locality: 40

mindat Locality ID: 25241
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25241.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thompson Creek Mine (Tungsten Jim Mine; Salmon River Scheelite Mine), Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°30'0"N
Longitude: 114°14'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.5,-114.23333333333

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

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 B C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Clay Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Tourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	55	40	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	55	40	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	55	40	27770
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	55	40	520
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	55	40	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	55	40	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	55	40	2228
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	55	40	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	55	40	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	55	40	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55	40	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	55	40	2349
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	55	40	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	55	40	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	55	40	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	55	40	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	55	40	4894

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000283	Subduction-related Volcanic zone in Central Idaho

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
	Giersdorf_00000283	55	40	55-40	K-Ar						Yes				16147	Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA	Challis Volcanics	Moye et al. (1988)		GGCSI27_87	Age of the Challis Volcanic field

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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