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Locality Name:
Beauty Bay District (Elk Mountain District), Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 39577
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39577.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beauty Bay District (Elk Mountain District), Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Beauty Bay Elk Mountain Occurrence
Beauty Bay Prospect
Blue Bird Prospect (Elk; Elk Extension)
Blue Creek Clay Deposit
Caribou Claim
Carver Claim
Coeur D'Alene Mountain Prospect
Elk Mountain Group (Elk And Elk Extension; Painted Desert U. And Oil Company)
Elk Mountain Quarry
Gray Wolf Prospect
Johnny Mack Prospect
Murphy Tungsten Occurrence (Elk Mountain)
Red Horse Prospect
Silver Tip Mine
Varnam Claim
Wilson Mutual Prospect

Latitude: 47°35'57"N
Longitude: 116°38'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.599166666667,-116.6425
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: Bi C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212090113092
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi4209005,209006,209010,2090151966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34209005,209006,209010,2090151935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2209006,209015716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120901027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25209002,209005,209010,209011,20901527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12090133846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12090152970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6209002,209003,209005,209010,209011,20901424243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141209010784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120901512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27209002,209005,209006,209010,209011,209014,20901539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85209002,209005,209010,209011,2090149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29209002,209003,209005,209006,209008,209010,209011,209013,20901561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2209001,2090084894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4209005,209010,209011,20901421482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1209010510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132209005,2090105317


3 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-4729423.85.314.55±9.25   47294    136068Blue Creek Clay Deposit, Beauty Bay District (Elk Mountain District), Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4733923.85.314.55±9.25   47339    136068Blue Creek Clay Deposit, Beauty Bay District (Elk Mountain District), Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4732623.85.314.55±9.25   47326    136628Coeur D'Alene Mountain Prospect, Beauty Bay District (Elk Mountain District), Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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