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Locality Name:
Camas Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 51.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 38.9

mindat Locality ID: 39472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camas Co., Idaho, USA": 124
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 112

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Big Smoky
Climax Mine
Dollarhide Mountain
Fairfield
Fairfield Area
Harrison
Hill City
Little Smoky District
Perseverance Mine (Rising Star Mine; Flint Mine)
Pistol Creek District
Richard Allen Mine
Rives Placer
Rollins Placer
Rosetta District
Silver King Mine (Unnamed Mine)
Skeleton Creek District
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10119513)
Unnamed Silver-Lead Mine (MRDS - 10159343)
Vienna
Willow Creek District
Yuba District

Latitude: 43°33'5"N
Longitude: 114°47'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.551388888889,-114.7925

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite
None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Epidote Feldspar Malachite
None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	205980	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	205991	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	205980,206085	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	206087	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	205991,206024,206087	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	205980	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	205997	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15	205985,205990,205991,205992,206003,206004,206012,206018,206021,206024,206047,206058,206085,206087,206088	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	206087	30554
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	205997	469
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	205980	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	206087	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	205980,205984	4924
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	205982	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	205984	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	205980	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	205985,205991,206018,206024,206047,206087	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	205980,205982,205984,205985,205990,205991,205992,205997,206004,206011,206012,206021,206024,206027,206047,206085,206087	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	7	205985,205991,206011,206012,206024,206027,206087	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	205985,205991,206003,206004,206011,206018,206047,206058,206087	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	205985,205991,206011,206012,206018,206021,206027	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	206035	4899

13 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-39042	51.2	50.2	50.7±0.5	39042	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39043	51.2	50.2	50.7±0.5	39043	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39044	50	46	48±2	39044	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39045	50	46	48.2+1.8/-2.2	39045	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39046	51.2	50.2	50.7±0.5	39046	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39047	51.2	50.2	50.7±0.5	39047	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39048	50	46	48.2+1.8/-2.2	39048	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39049	51.2	50.2	50.7±0.5	39049	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39050	51.2	50.2	50.7±0.5	39050	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39051	50	46	48.2+1.8/-2.2	39051	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39052	51.8	48.2	50±1.8	39052	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-39053	50	46	48.2+1.8/-2.2	39053	141604	Unnamed Prospect No. 41 (MRDS - 10144052), Big Smoky, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-38995	46.7	38.9	42+4.7/-3.1	38995	139268	Mountain King (Ainco Mine Area), Vienna, Camas Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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