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Locality Name:
Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 51.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 46

mindat Locality ID: 281974
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281974.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Baker Peak Prospect
Horseshoe Prospect
Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052)

Latitude: 43°41'2"N
Longitude: 114°40'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.683888888889,-114.68277777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-3904251.250.250.7±0.5   39042    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3904351.250.250.7±0.5   39043    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-39044504648±2   39044    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-39045504648.2+1.8/-2.2   39045    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3904651.250.250.7±0.5   39046    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3904751.250.250.7±0.5   39047    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-39048504648.2+1.8/-2.2   39048    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3904951.250.250.7±0.5   39049    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3905051.250.250.7±0.5   39050    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-39051504648.2+1.8/-2.2   39051    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3905251.848.250±1.8   39052    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-39053504648.2+1.8/-2.2   39053    141604Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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