Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Idaho Primitive Area, Big Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 276261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idaho Primitive Area, Big Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Acorn Group Prospect
Bear Trap Prospect
Box Springs Claim
Cabin Creek Bar Placer
Cave Creek Placer
Copper Mountain Group Prospect
Cougar Creek Placer
Coxey Creek Bar Placer
Coxey Creek Placer
Goat Creek Placer
Gold Lodge Claim
Hard Boil Bar Placer
Highland Claim
L. S. No. 1 Claim
Mile Flat Placer
No Name Claim
No Name Placer
Over Easy Bar Placer
Point Placer
Rush Creek Placer Group (West Fork Rush Creek Placers)
S And B Group Mine
Silver Anchor Deposit
Soft Boil Bar Placer
Two Friends Claim
Valentine Claim
W. K. No. 1 Claim

Latitude: 45°6'55"N
Longitude: 115°1'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.115277777778,-115.02416666667

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.

Amorphous	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

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: Au C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	48	45	1	211568	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	48	45	3	211568,211586,211589	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	48	45	1	211587	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	48	45	16	211566,211569,211570,211571,211572,211573,211574,211575,211576,211577,211581,211582,211583,211584,211588,211590	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	48	45	11	211569,211570,211572,211574,211575,211577,211580,211582,211583,211584,211588	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	48	45	2	211573,211580	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	48	45	2	211586,211589	12537
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	48	45	2	211567,211591	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	48	45	1	211568	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	48	45	4	211566,211568,211586,211589	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
	Hg-00094	48	45								Yes		Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Polhemusite	Hg	39611	Big Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA		Leonard et al. (1978); Leonard and Marvin (1982); Criss et al. (1984)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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