Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Weiser District, Washington Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weiser District, Washington Co., Idaho, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Barnet Zufeldt Prospect (Mineral Basin)
Consolidated Property (Hoover Consolidated Quicksilver)
Diatomite Occurrence (MRDS - 10093747)
Diatomite Occurrence (MRDS - 10193708)
Edgemont Group Prospect (Curl)
Helen Zucker Prospect (Zucker Property; Parker Group)
Idaho Almaden Mine (Nutmeg; U.S.A. Anna; Almaden; Almaden Project)
John Coats Prospect (Coats)
March Occurrence
Nakai; Terry L. (Miller; Pat)
Sly Park No. 5 Claim
Virginia L. Claims (Raft Creek Cinnabar; Lackey Mine)

Latitude: 44°17'13"N
Longitude: 116°47'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.286944444444,-116.78694444444

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	Clay	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-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: Al Ca Fe H Hg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Beidellite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	212253	85
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	8	212247,212248,212252,212253,212254,212255,212257,212258	2600
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	212253	5591
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	212249,212252,212253,212258	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	212252,212253	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	212249,212253,212254	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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