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Locality Name:
Grimes Pass District, Boise Basin District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 95
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45.1

mindat Locality ID: 39464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grimes Pass District, Boise Basin District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 42
Child Localities:
Abella
Ballinger Vein
Black Jack Prospect
Bruser Mine
Cedar
Cumo Moly Deposit
Cumo Prospect
Enterprise Group Mine (Engle; Baby)
Etta No. 1
Fourth Of July Group
George Russel Placer
Gold Dust Nos. 1; 2; 3 Prospect
Golden Chariot Mine
Golden Cycle Mine
Gray Eagle Mine (Shepard Lease)
Grimes Creek Placer
Grimes Pass Mine
Grimes-Payette Mine
Homestake Group (MRDS - 10071162)
Idaho Prospect
Independence Group
J. S. Prospects
K. C. Mine
Kingsley Prospect
Klondike Mine
Lowman Placer
Mitchell - Janot Group
Mohawk Mine
Moly Dike Prospect
Morning Star Crossing
Night Hawk
Noble Occurrence
Oro Mine
Palos Verdes
Parker
Sarvis Prospect (Robert Bell Lode Claim; Disseminated Lead Prospect)
Silver Gem
Slopers Lode Prospect
Smuggler Mine
Unnamed Silica Prospect (MRDS - 10144127)
Van Meter Group
Voltaire Occurrence

Latitude: 44°1'54"N
Longitude: 115°47'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.031666666667,-115.78694444444

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Mica Molybdenite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	205033,205059	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	205033	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	50	47	7	205029,205030,205033,205034,205054,205059,205065	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	205033	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	205029,205033	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	50	47	13	205029,205030,205033,205034,205040,205041,205045,205046,205047,205049,205054,205059,205065	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	50	47	9	205030,205036,205039,205045,205048,205049,205054,205059,205064	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	205033	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	205029	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	50	47	12	205029,205030,205033,205034,205040,205041,205045,205046,205049,205054,205059,205065	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	50	47	12	205029,205030,205033,205034,205040,205041,205045,205049,205050,205054,205059,205064	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	50	47	13	205029,205030,205033,205034,205040,205041,205045,205046,205047,205049,205054,205059,205065	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	205049	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	50	47	7	205030,205034,205041,205045,205054,205059,205065	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-21592	50	47	48+2/-1		21592	136243	Bruser Mine, Grimes Pass District, Boise Basin District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-20791	95	72	83+12/-11		20791	138779	Lowman Placer, Grimes Pass District, Boise Basin District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40708	45.9	45.1	45.5±0.4	biotite	40708	139157	Moly Dike Prospect, Grimes Pass District, Boise Basin District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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