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Locality Name:
Bear Lake Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 28055
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28055.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bear Lake Co., Idaho, USA": 86
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 72

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Bear Lake Area
Bear Lake District
Bear River Range
Bloomington
Bloomington Area
Crow Creek District
Crow Creek Gypsum Occurrence
Dingle Area
Georgetown Area
Montpelier District
Nounan District
Paris Area
Pegram Area
Phosphate Occurrence (MRDS - 10241088)
Pine Gap No. 1
San Francisco Chemical Company Prospect
St. Charles Area
St. Charles District
Unnamed Phosphorus-Phosphates Location (MRDS - 10144140)
Unnamed Phosphorus-Phosphates Location (MRDS - 10192500)
Unnamed Rhenium Location (MRDS - 10216670)
White Quartz Nos. 1; 2 And 3

Latitude: 42°17'33"N
Longitude: 111°23'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.2925,-111.3975

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sincosite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sincosite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Copper Corundum Covellite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sincosite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

24 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	204335,204352	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	204335,204352	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	204277,204281,204285,204349,204352,204356	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	204285,204341	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	220	220	2	204314,204317	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	204335	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	220	220	4	204315,204334,204335,204352	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	220	220	1	204317	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			4	204277,204285,204335,204349	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			6	204277,204281,204285,204341,204349,204352	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	204282	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	204352	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	220	220	5	204314,204317,204318,204335,204352	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	204285	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	204285	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	204294	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	204285	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	204277,204334,204335,204352	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	204285	6417
Sincosite ()*	Sincosite	Ca(VO)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	204286	10
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	204285	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	204352	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	204352	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			2	204285,204349	1655

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
	sedcu-00663	220	220	Upper Triassic										Cu	68436	Montpelier District, Bear Lake Co., Idaho, USA	Montpelier	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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