Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Island Park Area, Clark Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.317
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.278

mindat Locality ID: 276572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Island Park Area, Clark Co., Idaho, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bald Mountain Phosphate Deposit (Area No. 4 Phosphate Deposit)
Carrot Ridge Area Phosphate Deposit (Area No. 1 Phosphate Deposit)
Centennial Phosphate Mine (Ruby Mine; Troublesome Ridge Phophate Deposit)
East Dry Creek Phosphate Mine (MRDS - 10071888)
East Dry Creek Phosphate Mine (MRDS - 10192526)
South Slope Taylor Creek Phosphate Deposit (Area No. 3 Phosphate Deposit)
Taylor Creek Area Occurrence (MRDS - 10120016)
Taylor Creek Area Occurrence (MRDS - 10265497)
Taylor Creek Phosphate Mine
Troublesome Ridge Phosphate Deposit (Area No. 2 Phosphate Deposit)
Unnamed Phosphate Mine (MRDS - 10192975)
Unnamed Phosphate Mine (MRDS - 10231621)

Latitude: 44°32'14"N
Longitude: 111°39'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.537222222222,-111.65611111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_00001661.3171.3071.312±0.005Ar-Armiddle age ashflow sheetsanidine8YC-460A  Sanidine  276572Island Park Area, Clark Co., Idaho, USAIsland Park areaLanphere et al. (2002)10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2GSAB114_559 
Jen_0000166a1.2921.2781.285±0.007Ar-Armiddle age ashflow sheetsanidine8YC-460A  Sanidine  276572Island Park Area, Clark Co., Idaho, USAIsland Park areaLanphere et al. (2002)10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0559:RAFTOT>2.0.CO;2GSAB114_559 


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