Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Middle Fork District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 280440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middle Fork District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bandit Occurrence
Big Horn Prospect (High Flyer Group)
Half Moon Claims Nos. 2 & 3
Heatherington Placer
Idaho Primitive Area
Kimmel Creek Prospect
Krassel Occurrence
Lower Survey Creek Prospect
Sullivan Uranium Prospect
Survey Creek Placer
Tappen Ranch Placer
Upper And Lower Pine Creek
Upper Red Bluff Placer
Woolard Creek Bar Occurrence

Latitude: 44°56'12"N
Longitude: 114°59'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.936666666667,-114.98972222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Zircon

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O S Si Th Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Thorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	211787	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	211779	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	211787,211789,211802	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	211802	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	211802	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	211788,211803	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	211779,211789	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	211788,211803	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	211779,211787,211789,211801,211802	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	211779,211802	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	211779,211787,211789,211801,211802	61156
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	211802	1006

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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