Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cassia Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 450
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.7

mindat Locality ID: 39477
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39477.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cassia Co., Idaho, USA": 131
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 119

Number of Child Localities: 47
Child Localities:
Albion Area
Almo Area
Almo Basin-Edwards Creek
Almo Basin-Graham Creek
Almo Basin-Raft River No. 1
Almo Basin-Raft River No. 3
Basin
Black Jack Scheelite Occurrence
Black Pine District
Brick And Tile Clay Deposit (MRDS - 10241089)
Brick And Tile Clay Deposit (MRDS - 10265271)
Burley Area
Crushed Rock Pit--Burley Highway District
Declo Area
Goose Creek District
Goose Creek Placer Deposits
Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10265908)
Idaho Quartzite Prospect (Emigrant Canyon)
Lake Walcott Area
Limestone Occurrence (MRDS - 10241140)
Marsh Creek Placer Deposits
Middle Mountain Prospect
Milner Placer (Snake River Placers)
Oakley (iron) Meteorite
Oakley Area
Oakley Valley Stone; Inc
Phosphate Deposit (MRDS - 10192717)
Pumicite Deposit (MRDS - 10159833)
Pumicite Deposit (MRDS - 10216816)
Quarries (MRDS - 10289585)
Quarry (MRDS - 10144355)
Quarry (MRDS - 10289550)
Rocky Moubtain Quarry
Rocky Mountain Quartzite Quarry
Stokes District
Sublett Area
Unnamed Coal - Lignite Location (MRDS - 10143769)
Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10290100)
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10159993)
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10192678)
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10193173)
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265448)
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10289733)
Unnamed Phosphorus-Phosphates Location (MRDS - 10217151)
Unnamed Uranium Location (MRDS - 10183720)
White Mica Mining And Milling Occurrence
Worthington Prospect

Latitude: 42°15'52"N
Longitude: 113°39'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.264444444444,-113.66638888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Feldspar	Iron	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Iron ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Feldspar Iron Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite

34 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	206387	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			4	206302,206303,206304,206313	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	206302,206304,206309	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	206379	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	206376,206379,206387	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	206386	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			3	206303,206308,206313	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	206304	3846
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	206356	157
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			6	206376,206377,206379,206383,206387,206389	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	206304	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	206379	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	206313	1689
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	206356	1089
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			4	206302,206303,206309,206313	784
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	206324	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	206287	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			11	206304,206308,206309,206314,206376,206377,206379,206384,206386,206387,206389	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	206286	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	450	358	2	206286,206335	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	206286	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	206324	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			7	206309,206326,206376,206379,206384,206387,206389	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			5	206376,206379,206383,206385,206387	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	450	358	19	206286,206299,206302,206303,206304,206308,206309,206313,206314,206324,206335,206376,206377,206379,206384,206385,206386,206387,206389	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			4	206302,206303,206308,206313	712
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	206356	374
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	206302,206313	1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			4	206302,206304,206308,206313	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	206308,206309,206376,206379	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	206356	703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			11	206303,206304,206308,206309,206314,206376,206377,206379,206384,206387,206389	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	206297	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	206356	1044

15 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-02655	29.6	27.6	28.6±1	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock			135568	Almo Basin-Circle Creek No. 1, Almo Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02656	29.3	27.3	28.3±1	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock			135568	Almo Basin-Circle Creek No. 1, Almo Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
NAVDAT-35785	13.78	13.7	13.74±0.04			sanidine	35785	Sanidine	137742	Grant Prospect, Goose Creek District, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
USGS-Rb-Sr-02610	450	358	404±46	Rb-Sr	sample contains inherited material, age is too old	whole rock			140788	South Mountain Pegmatites Occurrence, Goose Creek District, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02636	265	195	230±35	Rb-Sr	sample contains inherited material, age is too old	whole rock			141530	Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02637	24.6	23.4	24±0.6	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism	whole rock			141530	Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02638	25.44	24.24	24.84±0.6	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism	plagioclase			141530	Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02639	25.44	24.24	24.84±0.6	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism	k-feldspar			141530	Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02640	25.44	24.24	24.84±0.6	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism	biotite			141530	Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02650	265	195	230±35	Rb-Sr	sample contains inherited material, age is too old	whole rock			141530	Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02651	68.5	65.5	67±1.5	Rb-Sr		whole rock			141530	Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02652	70.86	67.86	69.36±1.5	Rb-Sr		plagioclase			141530	Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02653	70.86	67.86	69.36±1.5	Rb-Sr		k-feldspar			141530	Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02654	70.86	67.86	69.36±1.5	Rb-Sr		muscovite		Muscovite	141530	Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02603	450	358	404±46	Rb-Sr	sample contains inherited material, age is too old	whole rock			140039	Quarry (MRDS - 10289550), Cassia Co., Idaho, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

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