Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Slug Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.035

mindat Locality ID: 274877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slug Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Caldwell Canyon Prospect (Caldwell Canyon Site; Dry Canyon Prospect 1966)
Dairy Syncline (Area A; Harrington Peak; Area B; Dry Valley)
Diamond Creek / Alumet (Diamond Creek Mine Site Alumet)
Dry Valley Mine
Johnson Creek Prospect (Slug Creek Syncline; Aspen Range; Area B; 33 Thru 35 Johnson Creek; Area D; 36 Thru 51; Johnson Creek)
Lanes Creek Mine (Lanes Creek Property)
Maybe Canyon Mine (Mabie Canyon; Dry Ridge; Dry Valley Mine; North Maybe Canyon; South Maybe Canyon)
North Schmid Ridge; West Slope Prospect (Area A; 1; 2; 3; Dry Valley; West Limb Schmid Syncline; Area F; 23; 24; 25; Lower Valley; Area E; 52 Johnson Creek)
Phosphate Occurrence (MRDS - 10193013)
South Schmid Ridge Prospect (Dry Canyon; Area C; 10 Thru 17; Dry Valley; Area B; 8; Harrington Peak.)

Latitude: 42°44'1"N
Longitude: 111°20'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.733611111111,-111.33555555556
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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat
3 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
ree-00742299252Permian        136336Caldwell Canyon Prospect (Caldwell Canyon Site; Dry Canyon Prospect 1966), Slug Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USACaldwell CanyonOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
NAVDAT-106600.10.0350.07+0.03/-0.035   10660    138498Lanes Creek Mine (Lanes Creek Property), Slug Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
ree-00748299252Permian        138973Maybe Canyon Mine (Mabie Canyon; Dry Ridge; Dry Valley Mine; North Maybe Canyon; South Maybe Canyon), Slug Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USAMaybe Canyon (Maybie)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

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