Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Idaho Primitive Area, Middle Fork District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 50
Youngest recorded age at locality: 40

mindat Locality ID: 276211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idaho Primitive Area, Middle Fork District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Aparejo Creek Fluorite Prospect
Aparejo Point Placer
Broken Oar Placer
Camas Creek Placer (Camas Creek Point Placer)
Heatherington Placer
Hospital Bar Placer
Johnson Lode Prospect (Old Johnson Lode)
Lucky Hunter Group
Mormon Ranch Occurrence
Pool Placer
Rattlesnake Ridge Prospect (Rattlesnake Camp Prospect)
River Rat Occurrence
Rock Chuck Placer
Simplot Ranch Placer
Sullivan Uranium Prospect (Frosty Claim)
Sundown
Twin Cove Lake - Ramshorn Lake Occurrence
Wilson Creek Placers (Wilson Creek Bar Occurrence)

Latitude: 44°57'32"N
Longitude: 114°43'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.958888888889,-114.71694444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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: C Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	210044	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	210050	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	210044	9617
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	210050,210054	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	210050,210054	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	210044,210050,210054	61156

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
	NAVDAT-42284	50	40	45±5					42284						140617	Simplot Ranch Placer, Idaho Primitive Area, Middle Fork District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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