Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sal Mountain, Salmon, Eureka District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1400

mindat Locality ID: 276540
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276540.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sal Mountain, Salmon, Eureka District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pope-Shenon Mine (Grandview Mine; Castle Rock Group)

Latitude: 45°4'26"N
Longitude: 113°51'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.073888888889,-113.85666666667

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1400	1400	1	209472	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1400	1400	1	209472	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1400	1400	1	209472	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1400	1400	1	209472	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1400	1400	1	209472	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1400	1400	1	209472	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1400	1400	1	209472	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1400	1400	1	209472	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1400	1400	1	209472	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1400	1400	1	209472	144
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1400	1400	1	209472	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1400	1400	1	209472	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1400	1400	1	209472	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1400	1400	1	209472	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1400	1400	1	209472	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1400	1400	1	209472	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1400	1400	1	209472	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1400	1400	1	209472	21482

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
	sedcu-00659	1400	1400	Middle Proterozoic (Helikian)										Cu	18888	Pope-Shenon Mine (Grandview Mine; Castle Rock Group), Sal Mountain, Salmon, Eureka District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA	Pope-Shenon	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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