Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Moyie - Yaak District, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1366.46
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1366.46

mindat Locality ID: 39469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moyie - Yaak District, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA": 66
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 55
Child Localities:
Arsenopyrite Vein Occurrence
Bald Eagle
Big T Prospect
Boulder Gold Mining Company Prospect
Bruce Berringer Prospect
Brush Lake District
Chief Joseph Prospect (M & F; Tungsten Hill)
Copeland
Copper Creek Prospect
Copper Falls Prospect
Cynide Gold Mining Property Mine (Buckhorn Mine)
Damon Group Prospect (Hoosier Boy)
Downey Prospect
Eileen Mining Company Prospect
Eureka Claim
Fox & Brandt Property
Geneva Claims
Gold Shaft Group Prospect (Metals Mining Company)
Golden Hope Claims Prospect
Golden Triplet No. 1 Prospect (Idaho Gold And Ruby; Golden Triplet)
Hall Mountain
Hall Mountain Thorium Group (Barringer; The Man Upstairs; TMU; Berringer; Pyrite Zone; Golden Sceptre; Wawa; Hall Mountain Group; Hall Mountain Thorite; Hall Mtn. Group; Nuclear Fuels Corporation)
Homestake Claim
Idamont Property (Boulder)
Jane Mine (Idaho Montana; Western Bell; Two Tail)
Kate Fry Claim Group Prospect (Wedge; Puritan; Includes Eureka?)
Keno And Glory Claims Prospect
Klondike Prospect
Lead Mill Prospect
Lead Prospect (MRDS - 10070154)
Lead-Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10093448)
Leonia Knob
Lucky Seven Prospect (Scheller Prospect; Schiller And Dougherty)
McGinty Claim
Montgomery Prospect
Murphy; Lyn S. Occurrence (Miller; Pat; Silver Bell No. 1 Prospect)
N. W. Prospecting & Development Prospect (Atomic Fuels Corporation)
Naples Prospect
Nelson Claim
North Skin Creek Prospect (Eileen Mine)
Oscar Claim
Perkins Lake Pit
Peters And Mitchum Property Prospect
Point Bar Placer
Queen Mine (Moyie Gold Mining And Milling Company)
Queen Mountain Deposits
Railroad Prospect
Regal Mine (Silver Crescent; Commercial)
Silver Spoon Prospect
Skin Creek Occurrence
Trust Mining Company Prospect
Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10241113)
Unnamed Tellurium Location (MRDS - 10144357)
Unnamed Uranium Location (MRDS - 10241278)
Wawa Claims (Wa Wa; Northwest Prospecting & Development Company)

Latitude: 48°46'16"N
Longitude: 116°12'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.771111111111,-116.2125

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline	Vivianite	Zircon

Anglesite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorite ()*

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 As Au B C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Th W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

26 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	205758,205786	2734
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	205784	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	205758,205764,205782,205783,205784,205792,205795,205796,205799,205810	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	16	205758,205759,205764,205768,205775,205779,205782,205784,205787,205792,205796,205797,205803,205807,205808,205810	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	205756,205774,205813	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	205782,205792,205798	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	205782	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	205762,205763,205764,205768,205770,205771,205772,205774,205775,205778,205779,205780,205782,205785,205787,205789,205791,205792,205794,205796,205798,205803,205808,205810,205811	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	205764,205771,205782	30554
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	205799	99
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	205799	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	205784,205787,205794	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	205758,205759,205768	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	205796	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	205797	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	205797	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	21	205758,205759,205763,205764,205768,205771,205772,205775,205779,205780,205783,205784,205787,205791,205796,205797,205803,205807,205808,205810,205817	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7	205756,205759,205768,205775,205784,205797,205808	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	28	205758,205763,205764,205768,205771,205772,205774,205775,205778,205780,205782,205783,205784,205785,205787,205789,205791,205792,205794,205795,205796,205797,205798,205799,205803,205807,205810,205813	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	205808	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	205782	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	9	205763,205764,205768,205782,205792,205797,205807,205810,205813	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	205764,205771	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	11	205758,205762,205763,205764,205768,205782,205789,205797,205803,205807,205810	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	205763,205789,205807,205810	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	4	205783,205795,205799,205817	1006

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-02438	1366.46	1366.46	1366.46	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	141343	Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10241113), Moyie - Yaak District, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02439	1366.46	1366.46	1366.46	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	141343	Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10241113), Moyie - Yaak District, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02441	1366.46	1366.46	1366.46	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	141343	Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10241113), Moyie - Yaak District, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02442	1366.46	1366.46	1366.46	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	141343	Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10241113), Moyie - Yaak District, Boundary Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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