Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 39576
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39576.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA": 97
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 84

Number of Child Localities: 34
Child Localities:
Bayview Limestone Pit
Beauty Bay District (Elk Mountain District)
Camas Cove District
Chilco Mountain
Coeur D'Alene
Coeur D'Alene Area
Coeur D'Alene District
Cougar Gulch
Cougar Gulch (2)
Ford Pit
Fourth Of July Canyon Occurrence
Gish Pit
Hayden Lake District
Jumbo Claim Group (Rainbow No. 4)
Kid Island Clay Deposit
Lake Front District
Little North Fork District
Little North Fork River
Lost Cabin Mine (Idaho Gold Fields Property; Donahue Lease)
LT-106 Pit
Master Mine No. 1
Medimont District
Mica Peak
Mission Group
Murphy Brothers State Line Pit
Ordway Tungsten Occurrence (Taber Ordway)
Pend Oreille District
Porphyry Group (Shadow; Toboggan; Independence Group)
Post Falls
Powder Horn Pit
Quarry (MRDS - 10266680)
Setters
Troy Division Mine
Wolf Lodge District

Latitude: 47°34'36"N
Longitude: 116°36'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.576666666667,-116.60166666667

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

39 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	209021	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	209020	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	9	209011,209039,209043,209050,209052,209055,209060,209061,209075	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	209095	363
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	209030,209040	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	209021	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	5	209005,209006,209010,209015,209095	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	4	209005,209006,209010,209015	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2	209006,209015	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	209010	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	209020	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	209061	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	19	209002,209005,209010,209011,209015,209030,209039,209040,209043,209050,209052,209059,209060,209061,209062,209063,209064,209070,209075	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	209013,209025	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	209015	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	22	209002,209003,209005,209010,209011,209014,209020,209030,209039,209040,209043,209051,209054,209055,209060,209064,209070,209071,209072,209073,209075,209085	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	209025,209040,209094	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	209030,209050	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	209010	784
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	209087	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	209030	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	209015,209039,209040,209061,209064	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	209021,209033	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	209021	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	209090	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	209019,209033	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	209021	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	209087	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	209002,209005,209006,209010,209011,209014,209015,209030,209039,209043,209050,209051,209052,209055,209059,209060,209061,209062,209063,209064,209070,209071,209073,209075,209094	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	209020	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7	209002,209005,209010,209011,209014,209052,209094	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	34	209002,209003,209005,209006,209008,209010,209011,209013,209015,209021,209030,209033,209039,209040,209043,209044,209050,209051,209052,209054,209055,209059,209060,209061,209062,209063,209064,209070,209071,209072,209073,209075,209076,209095	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	209001,209008,209095	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	13	209022,209030,209034,209039,209050,209055,209059,209060,209061,209062,209063,209064,209075	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	209025,209030,209040,209044,209094	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	14	209005,209010,209011,209014,209030,209040,209051,209055,209060,209064,209070,209071,209073,209075	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	209010	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	209005,209010,209040,209043,209064	5317
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	209025	652

6 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-47294	23.8	5.3	14.55±9.25	47294	136068	Blue Creek Clay Deposit, Beauty Bay District (Elk Mountain District), Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-47339	23.8	5.3	14.55±9.25	47339	136068	Blue Creek Clay Deposit, Beauty Bay District (Elk Mountain District), Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-47326	23.8	5.3	14.55±9.25	47326	136628	Coeur D'Alene Mountain Prospect, Beauty Bay District (Elk Mountain District), Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-47297	23.8	5.3	14.55±9.25	47297	137301	Fernan Hill Clay Deposit, Coeur D'Alene Area, Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-47314	23.8	5.3	14.55±9.25	47314	140038	Quarry (MRDS - 10266680), Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-47382	23.8	5.3	14.55±9.25	47382	140038	Quarry (MRDS - 10266680), Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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