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Locality Name:
Boulder Creek District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 86
Youngest recorded age at locality: 48

mindat Locality ID: 39484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boulder Creek District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
ASARCO Prospect
Badger Prospect
Bonita Group
Boulder Chain Lakes Prospects
Boulder Creek Deposit (Brinton; Castle Peak; Livingston Mine)
Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10089187)
Crater Prospect (G. B. Williams Antimony Mine; Lakeview Claims)
Del Yante Property
Disgust Group
Hermit Mine (Native Silver)
Jim Creek
Kirtley Prospect (Kirtly Prospect; Bachelor Mtn)
Knob Hill No. 1 Prospect
Last Chance Number Five Prospect
Little Boulder Creek Prospect (Baker Lake; Baker Lake Moly Deposit; Little Boulder Creek Moly Deposit; Fuller And Baker; Boulder Creek Molybdenum Deposit)
Little Livingston Lake Mine (Little Livingston Prospect)
Lucky Strike Prospect
Mark Twain Prospect
McClure No. 4 Claim
Porcupine Prospect
Railroad Ridge
Saratoga Prospect
Scheelite Occurrence (MRDS - 10119697)
Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10071195)
Slate Creek Prospect
Strawberry Basin Claim
Tango Prospect

Latitude: 44°8'26"N
Longitude: 114°34'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.140555555556,-114.58055555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteCubaniteEnargiteEpsomiteGeocronite
MalachiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goslarite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)5206871,206872,206877,206880,2068832734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2206877,2068919052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412068925516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3206872,206873,20688027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2206877,2068824979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2206872,2068755707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS250487206867,206871,206872,206873,206875,206877,20689227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3206871,206875,2068804165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31206880802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O504812068672970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212068829895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41206872910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6206872,206873,206877,206878,206881,20689224243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231206877133
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1206877188
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S149206871,206872,206873,206877,206880,206882,206883,206891,206892784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25048120686712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22206872,2068775674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS28680.412068705800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812068721512
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31206872733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28680.49206870,206872,206875,206877,206878,206880,206881,206891,20689239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85206872,206873,206875,206877,2068789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2864810206867,206870,206871,206872,206873,206875,206878,206883,206891,20689261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)8680.42206870,2068854894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12068916417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6206872,206873,206875,206877,206880,20688121482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135206871,206872,206875,206877,2068805317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1206877372



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-38647504849±1   38647    135728Badger Prospect, Boulder Creek District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-141668680.483.2±2.8   14166    136172Boulder Creek Deposit (Brinton; Castle Peak; Livingston Mine), Boulder Creek District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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