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:
Lava Creek District, Butte Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.01291
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01261

mindat Locality ID: 39471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lava Creek District, Butte Co., Idaho, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Antimony Prospect (Pickup)
Boyle Mountain
Butte - Antelope Mine (Lowboy; Footwall Group)
Champagne Creek
Copper King Group (Lucky Strike Claims)
Diamond Prospect
Edna Mine
Ella Mine (Rattlesnake; Last Chance)
Golden Chariot Mine
Hornsilver Mine
Hub Mine
Lead Belt Mine (Antelope Mine; Big Dipper)
Little Cottonwood Prospect
Markell Prospect
Martin Property Mine
Oxide Lode Prospect
Paymaster Mine
Pioneer Prospect
Reliance Mine
Sam And Tom Mine
Silver Bell Mine
Silver Haze Occurrence
Silver Tip Mine
St. Louis Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10265880)
Wolframite Mine (Independence Claims)
Zinc-Clarke Occurrence

Latitude: 43°32'28"N
Longitude: 113°37'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.541111111111,-113.61916666667

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Powellite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Enargite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

48 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			5	205862,205863,205866,205872,205879	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			6	205856,205861,205866,205872,205876,205883	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	205866,205872	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	205866,205872	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	205859,205865	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			9	205857,205862,205863,205864,205866,205867,205874,205876,205879	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	0.01291	0.01261	2	205854,205880	352
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	205859	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0.01291	0.01261	11	205859,205862,205863,205864,205865,205866,205870,205874,205876,205878,205879	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			5	205859,205863,205865,205866,205872	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	205856	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	205866	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	205864,205876	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	205859	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	205875	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	205874	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	205865	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	205864	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			1	205865	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0.01291	0.01261	16	205856,205857,205859,205861,205862,205863,205864,205865,205866,205867,205870,205872,205874,205875,205878,205883	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	205882	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	205864	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	205866	1689
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			8	205863,205864,205865,205866,205870,205874,205879,205882	469
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	205874	784
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	205856,205866,205872,205876	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			5	205859,205865,205871,205874,205879	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	205859	915
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	205866	716
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	205875	494
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			3	205863,205866,205872	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	205866	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.01291	0.01261	14	205857,205859,205861,205862,205863,205865,205866,205870,205871,205872,205874,205876,205878,205879	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	205856	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0.01291	0.01261	3	205866,205872,205878	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.01291	0.01261	12	205859,205862,205863,205864,205865,205866,205872,205874,205876,205878,205879,205882	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	205866,205867,205876	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	205866	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	205866,205872,205879	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			4	205863,205866,205872,205876	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0.01291	0.01261	13	205857,205859,205862,205863,205864,205865,205866,205870,205872,205874,205876,205878,205879	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	205865	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			2	205866,205872	586
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	0.01291	0.01261	2	205854,205880	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0.01291	0.01261	2	205854,205880	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0.01291	0.01261	8	205857,205859,205861,205863,205865,205878,205879,205883	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	205880	369
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			4	205859,205865,205874,205879	372

2 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
	NAVDAT-11586	0.01291	0.01261	0.01276±0.00015					11586						135639	Antimony Prospect (Pickup), Lava Creek District, Butte Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-11587	0.01291	0.01261	0.01276±0.00015					11587						140604	Silver Tip Mine, Lava Creek District, Butte Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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