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.

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.

Apatite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Phosphovanadylite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Sincosite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Wavellite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Brockite ()*	Buddingtonite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluellite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Minyulite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phosphovanadylite-Ba ()*	Phosphovanadylite-Ca ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Selenium ()*	Sincosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Thorite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Se Si Th V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None
Phosphovanadylite Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Sincosite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Wavellite
Zircon

29 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	206219	8803
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O			1	206242	48
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈			1	206219	27
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			1	206235	280
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	299	252	2	206219,206220	9895
Fluellite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)F₂(OH)·7H₂O			1	206235	40
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	206235	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	206242	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	206242	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	206236	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			5	206120,206121,206122,206128,206132	1398
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS			1	206235	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	206242	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	206235	367
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	206219	5591
Minyulite ()*	None	KAl₂(PO₄)₂F·4H₂O			1	206235	31
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	206219	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	206219	17380
Phosphovanadylite-Ba ()*	Phosphovanadylite	Ba[V⁴⁺₄P₂O₁₂(OH)₄]·12H₂O			1	206234	1
Phosphovanadylite-Ca ()*	Phosphovanadylite	Ca[V⁴⁺₄P₂O₁₂(OH)₄]·12H₂O			1	206235	1
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	206235	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	206235,206242	61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se			1	206235	143
Sincosite ()*	Sincosite	Ca(VO)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			2	206234,206235	10
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	206235	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	206236	2045
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	206242	1006
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	206235	374
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	206242	939

25 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Prioritized?	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
ree-00750	299	252	Permian			137929	Henry North Continuation, Blackfoot River District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	North Henry	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00749	299	252	Permian			139263	Mountain Fuel Lease (Conda Pardnership; Dry Canyon Lease 1966), Blackfoot River District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Mountain Fuel	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00754	299	252	Permian			142111	Wooley Valley Mine (Wooley Valley Units 1; 3 & 4; Blackfoot Narrows Unit No. 1; Little Long Valley Unit No. 3; Blackfoot Nose Unit No. 4), Blackfoot River District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Wooley Valley	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
NAVDAT-48287	2	0.002	1+1/-0.998		48287	136218	Broken Crater, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51924	1.8	0	0.9±0.9		51924	136506	China Hat, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51925	1.8	0	0.9±0.9		51925	136506	China Hat, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51927	1.8	0	0.9±0.9		51927	136506	China Hat, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51928	1.8	0	0.9±0.9		51928	136506	China Hat, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51929	1.8	0	0.9±0.9		51929	136506	China Hat, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51930	1.8	0	0.9±0.9		51930	136506	China Hat, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51931	1.8	0	0.9±0.9		51931	136506	China Hat, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
ree-00680	541	541	Precambrian	low		136945	Diamond Creek Prospect (Area B; 16 Thru 18; Stewart Flat; Area C; 19 Thru 23; Stewart Flat; North Freeman Ridge; Area C; 26 Thru 34; Stewart Flat), Crow Creek District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Diamond Creek	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00751	299	252	Permian			140672	Smoky Canyon Mine (Area A; Crow Creek NE; Area D; 35 Thru 48b; Stewart Flat), Crow Creek District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Smoky Canyon	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00747	299	252	Permian			140880	Stewart Canyon Prospect (Husky Unit No. 1; Area A; 1 Thru 4; Stewart Flat; Area D; 26; 27 Dry Valley; West Limb Georgetown Syncline; Dry Ridge; Unit 1), Crow Creek District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Husky	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
NAVDAT-48288	2	0.002	1+1/-0.998		48288	139805	Phosphate Occurrence (MRDS - 10265268), Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-48290	2	0.002	1+1/-0.998		48290	139805	Phosphate Occurrence (MRDS - 10265268), Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-48317	2	0.002	1+1/-0.998		48317	136666	Conda Prospect (Woodal Mountain; N. Trail Canyon), SE Idaho Phosphate District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
ree-00744	299	252	Permian			136666	Conda Prospect (Woodal Mountain; N. Trail Canyon), SE Idaho Phosphate District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Conda	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00746	299	252	Permian			137927	Henry Mine (Monsanto; North Wooley Range), SE Idaho Phosphate District, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Henry	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00742	299	252	Permian			136336	Caldwell Canyon Prospect (Caldwell Canyon Site; Dry Canyon Prospect 1966), Slug Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Caldwell Canyon	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
NAVDAT-10660	0.1	0.035	0.07+0.03/-0.035		10660	138498	Lanes Creek Mine (Lanes Creek Property), Slug Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
ree-00748	299	252	Permian			138973	Maybe Canyon Mine (Mabie Canyon; Dry Ridge; Dry Valley Mine; North Maybe Canyon; South Maybe Canyon), Slug Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Maybe Canyon (Maybie)	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00741	299	252	Permian			136031	Blackfoot Bridge Prospect (Blackfoot Bridge Site; Aspen Range North Property 1966), Trail Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Blackfoot Bridge	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00752	299	252	Permian			140995	Swan Lake Gulch Mining Plan Prospect, Trail Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Swan Lake Gulch	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00753	299	252	Permian			141183	Trail Creek Lease Prospect (Aspen Range Property 1966), Trail Creek, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	Trail Creek	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R141154	South Rasmussen Ridge Phosphate Mine, Soda Springs, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA	https://rruff.info/R141154

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