Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montpelier District, Bear Lake Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 68436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montpelier District, Bear Lake Co., Idaho, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
American Phosphate Corporation
Bennington Canyon Mine
Blacksmith Dolomite Occurrence
Bonanza Shaft Occurrence
Bonneville Group (Claire Mining Company)
Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10078049)
Duke Mine
Evening Star Group
Home Canyon Mine
Hot Springs Deposits (MRDS - 10289511)
Montpelier Canyon Gypsum Deposit (Area A; Montpelier Canyon; Waterloo Hill Mine)
Montpelier Limestone Quarry
Owen Quarry
Paris-Bloomington Prospect (Star Mine; Slight Canyon; McIlwee Mine; Consolated Mine; Paris-Bloomington Deposits)
Phosphate Deposit (Phosphate Deposit No. 9; MRDS - 10096453)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10168445)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10265876)
Unnamed Gypsum Deposit (Unnamed Location; MRDS - 10191992)
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10241141)
Unnamed Phosphorus-Phosphates Location (MRDS - 10265222)
Waterloo Mine

Latitude: 42°18'10"N
Longitude: 111°16'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.302777777778,-111.27472222222

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.

Copper	Covellite	Malachite	None

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: C Cu H O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Covellite Malachite None

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Malachite ()*

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
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	220	220	2	204314,204317	5707
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	220	220	1	204315	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	220	220	1	204317	4165
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	220	220	3	204314,204317,204318	12537

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
	sedcu-00663	220	220	Upper Triassic										Cu	68436	Montpelier District, Bear Lake Co., Idaho, USA	Montpelier	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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