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Locality Name:
Benewah Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 39443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benewah Co., Idaho, USA": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Atkinson Prospect
Benewah Area
Benewah Shoshone Deposit
BW-1001 Pit
Camas Cove District
Carpenter Creek
Charlie Creek Prospects
Dement Pit
Desmet
Eklund Occurrence
Ellis Pit
Fernwood Pit
IFI Fernwood Pit
Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10144125)
Joseph Quarry
Lefors (Liberty Butte)
McCleary Butte (Desmet Butte)
Patterson Prospect
Quarry (MRDS - 10120174)
Robert Hyde Prospect
Roundtop District
Sanders Area
St. Maries
St. Maries Area
State Pit BW 84 5
Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10119590)
Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10144121)
Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10216738)
Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10217036)
Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10289575)
Tensed
Tensed Prospect
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10119956)

Latitude: 47°12'15"N
Longitude: 116°39'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.204166666667,-116.65944444444
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.

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeGarnetMalachiteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStauroliteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32204366,2043962353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212043923092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2204385,20439227770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12043621184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25204385,204389,204390,204392,20439327198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6204385,204386,204390,204391,204392,20439324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2204372,2044117437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2204367,20436830554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120438512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25204385,204386,204389,204390,20439139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12043851725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85204385,204386,204389,204390,2043929056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27204367,204368,204385,204386,204391,204392,20439361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12043925186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4204386,204390,204392,20439321482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1204369978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312043905317


3 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-4736323.85.314.55±9.25   47363    140895Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10144121), Benewah Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4736423.85.314.55±9.25   47364    140895Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10144121), Benewah Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4736523.85.314.55±9.25   47365    140895Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10144121), Benewah Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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