Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 44
Youngest recorded age at locality: 44

mindat Locality ID: 3745
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3745.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Carpholite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sodalite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Tourmaline
Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Carpholite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Dravite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Masutomilite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*	Potassiccarpholite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stibnite ()*
Topaz ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wodginite ()*	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: Al B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Bastnäsite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Carpholite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sodalite Spinel Stibnite Topaz Tourmaline
Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	44	44	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	44	44	2162
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	44	44	304
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	44	44	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	44	44	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	44	44	27770
Carpholite ()*	Carpholite	Mn²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	44	44	25
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	44	44	5171
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	44	44	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	44	44	518
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	44	44	648
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	44	44	371
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	44	44	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	44	44	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	44	44	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	44	44	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	44	44	6890
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	44	44	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	44	44	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	44	44	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	44	44	14899
Masutomilite ()*	Mica	KLiAlMn²⁺(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂	44	44	12
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	44	44	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	44	44	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	44	44	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	44	44	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	44	44	326
Potassiccarpholite ()*	Carpholite	K(Mn²⁺,Li)₂Al₄Si₄O₁₂(OH,F)₈	44	44	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	44	44	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	44	44	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	44	44	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	44	44	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	44	44	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	44	44	1214
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	44	44	3418
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	44	44	1476
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	44	44	890
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	44	44	78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	44	44	5251

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
	Alexandra-0131	44	44	44	K-Ar	Age of intrusion		biotite			Yes				3746	Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise Co., Idaho, USA	Sawtooth Batholith	Bennett (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.2.278	EG75_278	Figure 11

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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