Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beaver Creek, Sawtooth District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 275842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaver Creek, Sawtooth District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beaver-Bidwell Mine (Beaver Extension And Bidwell; Bidwell - Beaver Mine)
Columbia; Myrtie & Frankie Claims
Pilgrim Mine
Silver King Mine

Latitude: 43°51'15"N
Longitude: 114°53'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.854166666667,-114.88388888889

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	204819,204820,204821	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	204820	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	204819	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	204821	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	204820	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	204820	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	4	204818,204819,204820,204821	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	204819,204820,204821	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	204820	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	204819,204820,204821	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	204820	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	204818,204819	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	204820,204821	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	204819	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	204819,204821	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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