Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Idaho Primitive Area, Salmon River District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 52
Youngest recorded age at locality: 44

mindat Locality ID: 278163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idaho Primitive Area, Salmon River District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Barth Hot Springs Bar Placer
Blue Mine
Bruin Creek Bar Placer
Cold Meadows Placer
Cottonwood Butte Prospect
Cunningham Bar Placer
Dillinger Meadows Placer
Disappointment Bar Placer
Hen Creek Prospect
Hermit Hanks Bar Placer
Hermit Hanks Prospect
Julie Creek Bar Placer
Kitchen Creek Bar Placer
Lemhi Bar Placer
Meyers Creek Placer
Middle Fork Placer
Proctor Bar Placer
Richardson Creek Bar Placer
Widow Bar Placer

Latitude: 45°25'45"N
Longitude: 115°1'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.429166666667,-115.03

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.

Copper	Corundum	None	Titanite

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 Ca Fe O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Corundum None Titanite

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Titanite ()*

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
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	52	44	15	208712,208714,208715,208717,208718,208719,208721,208723,208724,208725,208726,208727,208728,208729,208730	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	52	44	13	208712,208714,208717,208719,208721,208723,208724,208725,208726,208727,208728,208729,208730	5433
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	52	44	13	208712,208714,208717,208719,208721,208723,208724,208725,208726,208727,208728,208729,208730	4899

2 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
	NAVDAT-49666	52	44	48±4					49666						135773	Barth Hot Springs Bar Placer, Idaho Primitive Area, Salmon River District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-51358	52	44	48±4					51358						135773	Barth Hot Springs Bar Placer, Idaho Primitive Area, Salmon River District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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