Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Idaho Primitive Area, Thunder Mountain District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 276692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idaho Primitive Area, Thunder Mountain District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 67
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 67

Number of Child Localities: 67
Child Localities:
Advance Prospect
Agnes Prospect
Big Buck Prospect
Big Duluth Prospect
Bill Timm Prospect
Blanche E Prospect
Bluebird Prospect
Bold Ruler Prospect
Boulder Creek Prospect
Buckhorn Prospect
Buffalo Group
Bullion Prospect
Central Prospect
Cheapman - Wanderer Prospect
Cinnamon Bear Prospect
Climax Prospect
Colson Prospect
Consolidation Prospect
Coone Creek Prospect
Cumberland Prospect
Doctor Prospect
East Dewey Occurrence
Ethal B. Prospect
Eureka Prospect
Evenstone Prospect
First National Prospect
Gold Dike Prospect
Golden Chimney Prospect
Golden Coin Group
Golden Gate Prospect
Golden Giant Prospect
Golden Lode Prospect
Good Luck Prospect
Green Goode Prospect
H-Y Occurrence (H-Y Climax)
Hermit Prospect
Hold Out Prospect
Hurricane Eagle Prospect
Independence Prospect
Junction Prospect
Lion Prospect
Lookout Ridge Occurrence
Marble Creek Placer
Minerva Group
Mollie Prospect
Monumental Creek Placers
Monumental Prospect
Monumental Summit Rare - Earth Prospect
Mule Creek Prospect
Nice Boy Prospect
North Fork Prospect
Panhandle Group
Payboy Group
Pearl Prospect
Pearl Prospect (2)
Phonolite Group
Pyramid Prospect
Red Bird Prospect
Red Bluff Group
Red Girl Prospect
Rising Star Prospect
Roosevelt Prospect
Safety Creek Prospect
Short Line Prospect
Shoshone Prospect
South Fork Group
White Oak Prospect

Latitude: 44°57'12"N
Longitude: 115°9'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.953333333333,-115.16583333333

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.

Baryte	Copper	None

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 Ba O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Copper None

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Gold ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	541	1	212016	11547
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	211999,212011	30554

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
	ree-00694	541	541	Precambrian			low								139200	Monumental Summit Rare - Earth Prospect, Idaho Primitive Area, Thunder Mountain District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA	Monumental Summit	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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