Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Big Creek, Big Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 53528
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53528.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Creek, Big Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Independence Mine
New Snowbird Mine

Latitude: 45°9'29"N
Longitude: 115°23'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.158055555556,-115.39861111111

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	Clay	Columbite	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Columbite Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	48	45	1	211558	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	48	45	1	211558	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	48	45	1	211558	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	48	45	1	211558	24243
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	48	45	1	211559	469
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	48	45	1	211558	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	48	45	1	211558	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	48	45	2	211558,211559	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	48	45	2	211558,211559	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	48	45	1	211558	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	48	45	1	211558	5317

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
	Hg-00094	48	45								Yes		Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Polhemusite	Hg	39611	Big Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA		Leonard et al. (1978); Leonard and Marvin (1982); Criss et al. (1984)

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