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Locality Name:
St. Joe District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 39610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St. Joe District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 57
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Bald Mountain Occurrence
Big Elk Mine
Bird Creek
Bitterroot Mts
Blue Bird Prospect
Bullion Mine
California Creek Placer
California Creek Prospect
Champion Prospect
Copper Chief Mine
Copper Edge Property (Copper Age Property)
Copper Queen Occurrence
Darrar Tract Occurrence (Darrar Prospect)
Eagle Copper Occurrence
Eagle Prospect
Elk Prairie Prospect
Eureka Prospect
Fishhook Peak Prospect (Slide Rock Mountain)
Floodwood Creek Prospect
Fourth Of July Silver Prospect
Horst-Powell Occurrence
Kelley Creek Prospect
Kismet Placer (Kismet Prospect)
Leroy Occurrence
Lester E. Darrar Occurrence
Medicine Creek Prospect
North Star Prospect (Old North Star Mine)
Papesh Property Prospect (O.K.; Knox Property)
Peacock Copper Occurrence
Revenge Prospect
Riley Prospect
Setser Prospect
Sherman Prospect
Silver Shadow Group
Slate Creek Prospect
Springfield Prospect
St. Joe
St. Joe Lake Prospect
St. Joe River
St. Joe River Placer
Taylor Copper Mine
Wampum Prospect
West Sister Peak
Wonderful Creek Prospect

Latitude: 47°16'5"N
Longitude: 115°38'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.268055555556,-115.64944444444
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 Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGarnetMalachite
MixiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212114233419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32211423,2114272353
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61211384919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212113845509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412113875516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16211376,211381,211382,211384,211386,211387,211390,211396,211414,211417,211419,211421,211425,211426,211429,21143127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3211376,211392,2114215707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217211375,211376,211381,211382,211384,211386,211387,211392,211394,211403,211412,211413,211414,211419,211421,211425,21142627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12113843531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12113973846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12114258173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3211413,211414,21141624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4211376,211421,211423,21142730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37211387,211390,211396,211417,211421,211429,21143114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121142314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210211376,211384,211385,211387,211390,211396,211417,211426,211429,21143112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215211376,211377,211381,211382,211384,211386,211398,211403,211412,211413,211414,211419,211421,211425,21142639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812114149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223211375,211376,211377,211381,211382,211384,211385,211386,211387,211390,211396,211398,211403,211412,211413,211414,211417,211419,211421,211425,211426,211429,21143161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)19211375,211376,211377,211381,211382,211384,211385,211387,211390,211392,211396,211398,211413,211417,211419,211421,211426,211429,2114316417
Silver  (*)CopperAg12113765186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2211413,21141421482
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O121138484


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-5142014465104+40/-39   51420    137334Floodwood Creek Prospect, St. Joe District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4735523.85.314.55±9.25   47355    138577Lester E. Darrar Occurrence, St. Joe District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-4735623.85.314.55±9.25   47356    138577Lester E. Darrar Occurrence, St. Joe District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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