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Locality Name:
Caribou Mountain Prospect, Mount Pisgah District, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 54489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caribou Mountain Prospect, Mount Pisgah District, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°5'34"N
Longitude: 111°19'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.092777777778,-111.32277777778

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: Al Au Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4505005516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S505005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25050027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS505004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O505002970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S505001027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)505008173
Gold  (*)CopperAu5050030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35050014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45050014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25050017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25050039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25050061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5050021482



1 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
PorphCu-00117505050      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu54489Caribou Mountain Prospect, Mount Pisgah District, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USACaribou MountainSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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