Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Birch Creek District, Clark Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birch Creek District, Clark Co., Idaho, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Beaverhead Claims Nos. 1; 2; 3 & 4
Birch Creek (MRDS - 10265602)
Blue Dome Prospect
Hill No. 3 Prospect
Iron Blowout Prospect
Long Canyon
Peterson Mine
Pocahontas Claims (Bare And Chastaine Prospect)
Rainbow Hill Prospect
Scott Mine (Birch Creek Mine)
Worthing - Kauffman Mine (Kauffman - Weaver; Worthing And Weaver)
Worthing Prospect

Latitude: 44°7'34"N
Longitude: 112°49'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.126111111111,-112.82805555556

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Covellite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Covellite Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	206420,206421	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	206420	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	206420	4979
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	206421	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	206418	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	206420,206421,206422	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	206420	6890
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	206420,206421	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	206420,206421	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	206420	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	206420	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	206420,206421	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	206420	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	206420	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	206421	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	206421	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	206420	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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