Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Salmon River District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 95
Youngest recorded age at locality: 44

mindat Locality ID: 276451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salmon River District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ann Nos. 1 And 2 Occurrence (Sheepeater Prospect)
Excelsior Bar Placer
Groundhog Bar Placer (Fall Creek Bar Placer)
Idaho Primitive Area
Little Sheepeater Prospect (Brownhorse Prospect); Idaho Primitive Area
Painter Mine (Surprise)
Salmon River Breaks

Latitude: 45°25'38"N
Longitude: 115°17'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.427222222222,-115.29638888889

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.

Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Titanite	Zircon

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 Ca F Fe O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Corundum Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Titanite Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	208735	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	208708,208731,208732	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	95	44	18	208709,208710,208712,208714,208715,208717,208718,208719,208721,208723,208724,208725,208726,208727,208728,208729,208730,208734	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	95	44	16	208709,208710,208712,208714,208717,208719,208721,208723,208724,208725,208726,208727,208728,208729,208730,208734	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	95	65	2	208710,208734	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	208731,208732	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	95	65	5	208710,208731,208732,208734,208735	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	95	65	2	208710,208734	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	208708	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	52	44	14	208709,208712,208714,208717,208719,208721,208723,208724,208725,208726,208727,208728,208729,208730	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	95	65	2	208710,208734	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-49666	52	44	48±4	49666	135773	Barth Hot Springs Bar Placer, Idaho Primitive Area, Salmon River District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51358	52	44	48±4	51358	135773	Barth Hot Springs Bar Placer, Idaho Primitive Area, Salmon River District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-49581	95	65	80±15	49581	135795	Bear Creek Bar Placer (Bear Bar), Salmon River Breaks, Salmon River District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51357	95	65	80±15	51357	135795	Bear Creek Bar Placer (Bear Bar), Salmon River Breaks, Salmon River District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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