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

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

mindat Locality ID: 277435
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277435.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salmon, Eureka District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
E-Dah-How Claims (Leesburg U Inc.; Donna Lou; Skyline)
Sal Mountain
Wallace Creek Placer (Gilt Edge Placers)

Latitude: 45°4'26"N
Longitude: 113°51'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.073888888889,-113.85638888889
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.

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAutuniteBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidote
FeldsparMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTridymite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12094708803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12094701272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21400140012094725509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14001400120947211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41400140012094725516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1400140012094725707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214001400120947227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1400140012094723531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1400140012094723846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1400140012094724165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1400140012094722970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2140014001209472144
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1400140012094728173
Gold  (*)CopperAu120947330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3140014002209470,20947214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414001400120947214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214001400120947212537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214001400120947217380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12094702349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214001400120947239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2140014002209470,20947261156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1209470598
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14001400120947221482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12094701059
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21209470458
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1209470890


1 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
sedcu-0065914001400Middle Proterozoic (Helikian)       Cu18888Pope-Shenon Mine (Grandview Mine; Castle Rock Group), Sal Mountain, Salmon, Eureka District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USAPope-ShenonCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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