Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 50
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 45399
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45399.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA": 178
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 168

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Ammon Area
Antelope Flat Area
Blackfoot Reservoir Area
Cinder Pit (MRDS - 10168573)
Cinder Pit (MRDS - 10241051)
Cinder Pit (MRDS - 10265381)
Cinder Pit (MRDS - 10265590)
Clay; Brick (MRDS - 10119964)
Conant Valley
Idaho Falls Area
Iona Area
Mount Pisgah District
Phosphate Occurrence (MRDS - 10192632)
Pine Creek District
Rock Hollow
Unnamed Limestone Occurrence (Iron Occurrence; MRDS - 10120098)
Willow Creek - Caribou District

Latitude: 43°18'37"N
Longitude: 111°40'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.310277777778,-111.66694444444

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite
Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pt S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Digenite
Enargite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wollastonite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	50	50	1	205593	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	50	50	1	205593	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	50	50	6	205593,205600,205614,205615,205623,205630	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	205593,205601,205614,205615	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	50	50	2	205593,205623	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	50	50	7	205593,205600,205601,205614,205615,205623,205630	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	50	50	1	205593	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	50	50	2	205593,205623	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	50	50	1	205593	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	50	50	2	205593,205623	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	50	50	2	205593,205623	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	50	50	1	205593	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	205645,205675,205683	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	50	50	1	205593	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	50	50	2	205593,205623	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	50	50	11	205570,205593,205598,205599,205618,205623,205624,205626,205629,205682,205684	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	50	50	1	205593	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	205667	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	50	50	2	205593,205623	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	50	50	2	205593,205623	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	50	50	1	205593	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	205601	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	50	50	2	205593,205623	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	205599	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	50	50	7	205593,205600,205601,205614,205615,205623,205630	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	50	50	4	205593,205614,205623,205626	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	50	50	1	205593	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	50	50	2	205593,205623	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	50	50	1	205593	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	50	50	1	205593	1101
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	50	50	1	205593	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	50	50	1	205593	1025

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-52542	1.8	0	0.9±0.9	52542			136534	Cinder Pit (MRDS - 10265381), Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7435	3	0.01	1.51+1.49/-1.5	7435			139973	Pumice Deposit Snake River Valley (MRDS - 10073279), Idaho Falls Area, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
PorphCu-00117	50	50	50		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	54489	Caribou Mountain Prospect, Mount Pisgah District, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA	Caribou Mountain	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
NAVDAT-5061	0.5	0.005	0.0052+0.4948/-0.0002	5061			136526	Cinder Hill, Pine Creek District, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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