Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Custer Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 45495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Upper Cramer Lake

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Carpholite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sodalite	Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Carpholite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Dravite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Topaz ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wodginite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Bastnäsite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Carpholite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sodalite Spinel Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

36 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	207251	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	0		304
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	207251	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	207251	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Carpholite ()*	Carpholite	Mn²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	0		25
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	0		518
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		648
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	0		371
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	0		345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	207251	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	207251	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	0		237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	207251	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	207251	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	0		244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	207251	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	207251	1476
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	0		890
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	0		78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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