Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Smith Creek, Edwardsburg District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 281010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281010.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Smith Creek, Edwardsburg District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Idaho Primitive Area
Red Bluff Mine
White Metal Prospect

Latitude: 45°9'16"N
Longitude: 115°23'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.154444444444,-115.3875

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	Columbite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Stibnite

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 Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	211687	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	211687,211688	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	211687	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	211688	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	211687	30554
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	2	211688,211689	469
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	211687,211688	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	211687,211688,211689	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	211688	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	211688,211689	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	211688	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	211687	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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