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Locality Name:
Soda Springs, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 47612
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47612.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Soda Springs, Caribou Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Enoch Valley Phosphate Mine (North Rasmussen Ridge; Monsanto; West Limb; FMC Lease; Area 11-C; Area 8-B; Area 26-G; Area 12-C; Area 10-C; Area 9-B; State Lease)
South Rasmussen Ridge Phosphate Mine
Sulphur Canyon

Latitude: 42°45'0"N
Longitude: 111°28'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.75,-111.47472222222
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 Ba Ca Cd F Fe H K O P S Se Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteGypsumNonePhosphovanadylitePyriteQuartzSincositeSphaleriteSulphurWavellite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Cacoxenite  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Minyulite  (*)Phosphovanadylite-Ba  (*)Phosphovanadylite-Ca  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Selenium  (*)Sincosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1206235280
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O120623540
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12062352740
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12062366890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS120623562
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1206235367
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O120623531
Phosphovanadylite-Ba  (*)PhosphovanadyliteBa[V4+4P2O12(OH)4]·12H2O12062341
Phosphovanadylite-Ca  (*)PhosphovanadyliteCa[V4+4P2O12(OH)4]·12H2O12062351
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120623539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120623561156
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1206235143
Sincosite  (*)SincositeCa(VO)2(PO4)2·4H2O2206234,20623510
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120623521482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12062362045
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1206235374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R141154South Rasmussen Ridge Phosphate Mine, Soda Springs, Caribou Co., Idaho, USAhttps://rruff.info/R141154

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