Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Edwardsburg District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 49
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 276844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Edwardsburg District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 67

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
Allison Occurrence
Ancient Age Prospect
Belvidere Creek Occurrence
Big Creek Placers (MRDS - 10169326)
Big Creek Placers (Smith Creek- Big Creek Placers)
Black Metals Prospect
Black Swan Prospect (Werdenhoff Mine)
Blackfoot Occurrence
Blue Bluff Prospect
Central Galena Group (Ryan Creek Group 0160850088)
Cleveland Mine
Combination Prospect (DC Group)
Copper Cliff Deposit (Missouri Creek Group; Missouri Ridge)
Dixie Mine (Goldman And Mc Crea)
Dokka
Eagle Occurrence
Ericson; Robertson; & Chambers Claims (Gordon Mills Prospect)
Golden Way Up Mine (Ludwig; Nevitt; Last Chance; Laufer & Davis)
Goldman Occurrence
Greeley Mountain Occurrence
Happy Thought Prospect
Hercules Occurrence
Hunky Dory Occurrence
Idaho Primitive Area
Independence Occurrence (Tungsten Group)
Kress Claims (Elk Ridge Mine; Kress Magnetite Claims)
Ladwick Group (Moscow Mine Group)
Lakeside Prospect
Logan Creek Group
M & M Prospect
Missouri Creek Group
Mitchell-McCalla Occurrence
Moscow Mine (Moore)
Palmetto Claim (Watson Mining Claims)
Profile - Yellow Pine Company Occurrence
Prospects North Of Lotspiech (Gold Coin Mine)
Red Metal Mine (Allison; Ellison)
Red Mountain Prospect
Ryan Creek Group
Silver Shoot Prospect
Smith Creek
Smith Creek Hydraulic Company Placer (Pebble Claim)
Snowbird Mine (McRay Mine; McCrae; Red Bluffs)
South Fork Elk Creek Occurrence
Sunday
Sunset Prospect
Tenderfoot Prospect
Trigold Prospect (Goldena; Abstine & Blevins Occurrence)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10193824)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10120609)
Wallace-Mitchell Occurrence
Wilson Group
Yellow Jacket Occurrence

Latitude: 45°5'30"N
Longitude: 115°25'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.091666666667,-115.4275

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kermesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stolzite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite
Fluorite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Staurolite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite

32 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	211691	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	211681	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	211681	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	211668,211687	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	211681	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			11	211644,211645,211675,211677,211679,211681,211683,211687,211688,211691,211696	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	211649,211668,211679	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	211691	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	211668,211687	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	211649,211691	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			11	211645,211649,211657,211677,211679,211681,211683,211688,211691,211696,211700	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	49	45	6	211638,211656,211662,211687,211690,211691	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	211668	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			4	211645,211688,211689,211691	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	211690	5433
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	211700	230
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			5	211640,211649,211657,211668,211681	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	211668,211691	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	211696	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			16	211638,211640,211644,211645,211649,211657,211668,211675,211677,211679,211681,211683,211687,211688,211691,211700	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	211668	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			17	211638,211640,211645,211649,211657,211664,211672,211677,211679,211681,211683,211687,211688,211689,211691,211696,211700	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	211688	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			8	211645,211649,211668,211672,211679,211688,211689,211691	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	211638,211681,211691	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			10	211645,211649,211677,211679,211681,211683,211688,211691,211696,211700	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	211690	978
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	211700	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	211687,211700	3418
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)			1	211691	156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	211677	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			9	211649,211657,211664,211677,211679,211681,211691,211696,211700	5317

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-12084	48	47	47+1/-0	12084	135851	Belvidere Creek Occurrence, Edwardsburg District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-12088	49	45	47±2	12088	135851	Belvidere Creek Occurrence, Edwardsburg District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-12079	49	45	47±2	12079	135901	Big Creek Gold Mines Placer, Idaho Primitive Area, Edwardsburg District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-12078	49	45	47±2	12078	137584	Gold Hill Group, Idaho Primitive Area, Edwardsburg District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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