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Locality Name:
Monumental Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 49
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 275302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monumental Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Copper Clad Group (Monumental Gold Mining Corp.)
Cougar Mountain Occurrence
Goat Haven Group
Idaho Primitive Area
Iron Clad (Monumental Gold Mining Corp.)
Lower Iron Clad Claims
Monumental Gold Mining Corporation Occurrence (Idaho Central Mine; Copper Mtn; Greenjacket Prospect)
Rocket Prospect
Simmons Placer (Monumental Creek Placers)
Snowslide Mountain Prospect
Snowslide Silver Prospect
Talc Creek Prospect
Upper Iron Clad Claims

Latitude: 45°5'19"N
Longitude: 115°9'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.088611111111,-115.15527777778
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 Au Ba C Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousBaryteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteNonePyriteQuartz
RutileSpinelTetrahedriteZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121181811547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS28211814,211816,211818,211825,211832,211839,211841,21184827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12118143531
Gold  (*)CopperAu5211819,211823,211826,211831,21184430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34211814,211825,211845,21184814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32211823,2118315433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45211814,211818,211819,211831,21184514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25211814,211816,211818,211825,21183912537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2211830,2118342994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22211816,21183239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26211814,211816,211825,211832,211841,21184861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212118445614
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312118325317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12118235251


1 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-12077494547±2   12077    136426Catherine Lake Prospect, Idaho Primitive Area, Monumental Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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