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Locality Name:
Avery District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 47

mindat Locality ID: 280866
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280866.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avery District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Prince Creek
Cougar Prospect (Theriault Prospect)
Franklin Prospect
Tri - State Cedar Corporation Prospect

Latitude: 47°15'44"N
Longitude: 115°59'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.262222222222,-115.99972222222

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Tetrahedrite

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 Be C Ca Cu Fe Ni O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	210795	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	210792	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70.5	47	2	210792,210793	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70.5	47	3	210792,210793,210794	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	210792	30554
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	210794	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70.5	47	3	210792,210793,210794	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	70.5	47	3	210792,210793,210794	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70.5	47	3	210792,210793,210794	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	70.5	47	3	210792,210793,210794	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	210794	5317

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-49781	52	47	49+3/-2				49781		136773	Cougar Prospect (Theriault Prospect), Avery District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51175	52	47	49+3/-2				51175		136773	Cougar Prospect (Theriault Prospect), Avery District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
USGS-Rb-Sr-02531	70.5	68.1	69.3±1.2	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	plagioclase			136773	Cougar Prospect (Theriault Prospect), Avery District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02532	70.5	68.1	69.3±1.2	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	muscovite		Muscovite	136773	Cougar Prospect (Theriault Prospect), Avery District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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