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:
Slate Creek, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1011.43
Youngest recorded age at locality: 711.43

mindat Locality ID: 50135
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50135.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slate Creek, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Mastodon Mine (Rochester Group)
Sailor Boy Mine
Silver Spray Mine
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 47°20'27"N
Longitude: 115°55'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.340833333333,-115.92638888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite

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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	211368	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1011.43	711.43	2	211369,211370	27198
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	211371	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1011.43	711.43	3	211368,211369,211370	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1011.43	711.43	2	211369,211370	14640
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	211371	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1011.43	711.43	3	211368,211369,211370	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	211368	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1011.43	711.43	3	211368,211369,211370	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1011.43	711.43	2	211369,211370	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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 DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-02544	1011.43	711.43	861.43±150	Rb-Sr			whole rock							45853	Silver Spray Mine, Slate Creek, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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