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Idaho, USA

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Opal Mine

Idaho, USA
Rat\'s Nest

Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA
Mining for Heulandite

Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA
Opal Mine

Idaho, USA
Rat\'s Nest

Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA
Mining for Heulandite

Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA
Opal Mine

Idaho, USA
Rat\'s Nest

Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA
 
Location is approximate, estimate based on other nearby localities.
 
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 43° 35' 33'' North , 113° 35' 23'' West (est.)
Margin of Error:~0km


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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

ⓘ Abernathyite

ⓘ Acanthite

ⓘ Actinolite

ⓘ Aenigmatite

ⓘ Aeschynite-(Ce)

ⓘ Aguilarite

ⓘ Aikinite

ⓘ Akdalaite

ⓘ Albite

ⓘ var: Andesine

ⓘ var: Cleavelandite

ⓘ var: Oligoclase

ⓘ 'Albite-Anorthite Series'

ⓘ Allanite-(Ce)

ⓘ 'Allanite Group'

ⓘ Allophane

ⓘ Almandine

ⓘ var: Star Garnet

ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup

ⓘ Analcime

ⓘ Anatase

ⓘ Andalusite

ⓘ Andradite

ⓘ 'Andradite-Grossular Series'

ⓘ Anglesite

ⓘ Anhydrite

ⓘ Ankerite

ⓘ Annabergite

ⓘ Annite

ⓘ Anorthite

ⓘ Anthophyllite

ⓘ Antigorite

ⓘ Antimony

ⓘ 'Apatite'

ⓘ 'var: Carbonate-rich Apatite'

ⓘ 'Apophyllite'

ⓘ Aragonite

ⓘ var: Flos Ferri

ⓘ 'Argentine'

ⓘ Argentopyrite

ⓘ Arsenic

ⓘ Arsenopyrite

ⓘ Atacamite

ⓘ Augite

ⓘ Aurichalcite

ⓘ Autunite

ⓘ Azurite

ⓘ Barroisite

ⓘ Baryte

ⓘ 'Bastnäsite'

ⓘ Bastnäsite-(Ce)

ⓘ Bayldonite

ⓘ Beidellite

ⓘ Bertrandite

ⓘ Beryl

ⓘ var: Aquamarine

ⓘ Beudantite

ⓘ Bílinite

ⓘ 'Bindheimite'

ⓘ 'Biotite'

ⓘ Bismuth

ⓘ Bismuthinite

ⓘ Bismutite

ⓘ Bornite

ⓘ Boulangerite

ⓘ Bournonite

ⓘ Brannerite (TL)

ⓘ Braunite

ⓘ Brochantite

ⓘ Brockite

ⓘ Bromargyrite

ⓘ Brookite

ⓘ Buddingtonite

ⓘ Bütschliite (TL)

ⓘ Cacoxenite

ⓘ 'Calamine'

ⓘ Calcite

ⓘ Caledonite

ⓘ 'Carbonate'

ⓘ Carnotite

ⓘ Carpholite

ⓘ Cassiterite

ⓘ Celadonite

ⓘ Cerussite

ⓘ Cervantite

ⓘ 'Chabazite'

ⓘ Chalcanthite

ⓘ Chalcocite

ⓘ Chalcophyllite

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

ⓘ Chamosite

ⓘ 'Chevkinite Group'

ⓘ Chlorargyrite

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

ⓘ Chloritoid

ⓘ Chondrodite

ⓘ Chromite

ⓘ Chrysoberyl

ⓘ Chrysocolla

ⓘ Chrysotile

ⓘ Cinnabar

ⓘ 'Clays'

ⓘ Clinochlore

ⓘ Clinohumite

ⓘ 'Clinoptilolite'

ⓘ Clinoptilolite-K

ⓘ Clinozoisite

ⓘ Clintonite

ⓘ Cobaltite

ⓘ Coffinite

ⓘ Columbite-(Fe)

ⓘ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

ⓘ Conichalcite

ⓘ Copper

ⓘ 'Copper Stain'

ⓘ Cordierite

ⓘ Corundum

ⓘ var: Sapphire

ⓘ Covellite

ⓘ Cowlesite

ⓘ Cubanite

ⓘ Cuprite

ⓘ Cuprotungstite

ⓘ Cuspidine

ⓘ Cyanotrichite

ⓘ Daubréelite

ⓘ Delafossite

ⓘ Descloizite

ⓘ Dewindtite

ⓘ Diamond

ⓘ Diaphorite

ⓘ Dickite

ⓘ Digenite

ⓘ Diopside

ⓘ Dolomite

ⓘ Dravite

ⓘ Dufrénoysite

ⓘ Duftite

ⓘ Elbaite

ⓘ 'Electrum'

ⓘ Enargite

ⓘ Enstatite

ⓘ var: Bronzite

ⓘ Epidote

ⓘ Epsomite

ⓘ 'Erionite'

ⓘ Erythrite

ⓘ Euxenite-(Y)

ⓘ Evansite

ⓘ Fairchildite (TL)

ⓘ Famatinite

ⓘ Fayalite

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

ⓘ 'var: Perthite'

ⓘ Felsőbányaite

ⓘ Ferberite

ⓘ 'Fergusonite'

ⓘ Fergusonite-(Y)

ⓘ Ferrimolybdite

ⓘ Ferro-anthophyllite (TL)

ⓘ Fischesserite

ⓘ Fluellite

ⓘ Fluorapatite

ⓘ Fluorite

ⓘ Fornacite

ⓘ Forsterite

ⓘ Freibergite

ⓘ Gadolinite-(Ce)

ⓘ Gadolinite-(Y)

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ var: Argentiferous Galena

ⓘ Galenobismutite

ⓘ 'Garnet'

ⓘ Gedrite

ⓘ Geocronite

ⓘ Gersdorffite

ⓘ Gladite

ⓘ Glaucophane

ⓘ Goethite

ⓘ Gold

ⓘ Goslarite

ⓘ Graphite

ⓘ Gratonite

ⓘ Greenockite

ⓘ Grossular

ⓘ Guanajuatite

ⓘ Gustavite

ⓘ Gypsum

ⓘ var: Selenite

ⓘ Gyrolite

ⓘ Halite

ⓘ 'Halloysite'

ⓘ Hawleyite

ⓘ Hedenbergite

ⓘ Hellandite-(Ce)

ⓘ Helvine

ⓘ Hematite

ⓘ var: Martite

ⓘ var: Specularite

ⓘ Hemimorphite

ⓘ Hercynite

ⓘ var: Picotite

ⓘ Heterogenite

ⓘ 'Heulandite'

ⓘ Heulandite-Ca

ⓘ Heulandite-Na (TL)

ⓘ Hisingerite

ⓘ 'Hornblende'

ⓘ Hübnerite

ⓘ Hydrocerussite

ⓘ Hydrokenoralstonite

ⓘ Hydroxylapatite

ⓘ 'Hypersthene'

ⓘ Ilmenite

ⓘ Ilvaite

ⓘ Iron

ⓘ var: Kamacite

ⓘ var: Martensite

ⓘ Jamesonite

ⓘ Jarosite

ⓘ 'Jasper'

ⓘ 'Joséite'

ⓘ Kainosite-(Y)

ⓘ Kaolinite

ⓘ Kermesite

ⓘ 'K Feldspar'

ⓘ 'var: Adularia'

ⓘ 'var: Valencianite'

ⓘ Kyanite

ⓘ 'Labradorite'

ⓘ Langite

ⓘ Laumontite

ⓘ Lead

ⓘ Leadhillite

ⓘ Lepidocrocite

ⓘ 'Lévyne'

ⓘ Libethenite

ⓘ Lillianite

ⓘ 'Limonite'

ⓘ Linarite

ⓘ Lindgrenite

ⓘ Linnaeite

ⓘ Litharge

ⓘ Lithiophilite

ⓘ Ludlamite

ⓘ Ludwigite

ⓘ Luogufengite (TL)

ⓘ Madocite

ⓘ Maghemite

ⓘ Magnesioferrite

ⓘ Magnesite

ⓘ Magnetite

ⓘ Malachite

ⓘ Maldonite

ⓘ Mandarinoite

ⓘ Manganite

ⓘ 'Manganoan Calcite'

ⓘ Marcasite

ⓘ Massicot

ⓘ Matildite

ⓘ Meionite

ⓘ Melanterite

ⓘ Meneghinite

ⓘ Mercury

ⓘ Mesolite

ⓘ Metacinnabar

ⓘ Metatorbernite

ⓘ Metavariscite

ⓘ Miargyrite

ⓘ 'Mica Group'

ⓘ Microcline

ⓘ Millerite

ⓘ Mimetite

ⓘ Minium

ⓘ Minyulite

ⓘ Molybdenite

ⓘ Molybdite

ⓘ 'Monazite'

ⓘ Monazite-(Ce)

ⓘ Montmorillonite

ⓘ Mordenite

ⓘ Mottramite

ⓘ Mullite

ⓘ Muscovite

ⓘ var: Illite

ⓘ var: Sericite

ⓘ 'Native Amalgam'

ⓘ Natrolite

ⓘ Naumannite

ⓘ Nickeline

ⓘ Niter

ⓘ Nitratine

ⓘ Nontronite

ⓘ Offretite

ⓘ Okenite

ⓘ Olivenite

ⓘ 'Olivine'

ⓘ Opal

ⓘ var: Fire Opal

ⓘ var: Opal-AN

ⓘ var: Pinfire Opal

ⓘ var: Precious Opal

ⓘ var: Quinzite Opal

ⓘ var: Wood Opal

ⓘ Orpiment

ⓘ Orthoclase

ⓘ Owyheeite (TL)

ⓘ Palygorskite

ⓘ Parisite-(Ce)

ⓘ 'Paulingite'

ⓘ Paulingite-K

ⓘ Pearceite

ⓘ Penfieldite

ⓘ Pentlandite

ⓘ 'Petrified Wood'

ⓘ Petzite

ⓘ Phenakite

ⓘ 'Phillipsite'

ⓘ Phlogopite

ⓘ Phosgenite

ⓘ 'Phosphovanadylite-Ba' (FRL)

ⓘ Phosphovanadylite-Ca (TL)

ⓘ Phosphuranylite

ⓘ Platinum

ⓘ Plattnerite

ⓘ 'Plessite'

ⓘ Plumbojarosite

ⓘ Polhemusite (TL)

ⓘ Polybasite

ⓘ Polycrase-(Y)

ⓘ Potassiccarpholite (TL)

ⓘ Powellite (TL)

ⓘ Prehnite

ⓘ Proustite

ⓘ 'Psilomelane'

ⓘ Pyrargyrite

ⓘ Pyrite

ⓘ var: Cobaltoan Pyrite

ⓘ Pyrolusite

ⓘ Pyromorphite

ⓘ Pyrophanite

ⓘ Pyrostilpnite

ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group'

ⓘ Pyrrhotite

ⓘ Quartz

ⓘ var: Agate

ⓘ var: Amethyst

ⓘ var: Chalcedony

ⓘ var: Iris Agate

ⓘ var: Moss Agate

ⓘ var: Myrickite

ⓘ var: Onyx

ⓘ var: Rutilated Quartz

ⓘ var: Smoky Quartz

ⓘ Realgar

ⓘ 'Rhabdophane'

ⓘ Rhodochrosite

ⓘ Rhodonite

ⓘ Robinsonite

ⓘ Romarchite

ⓘ Rosasite

ⓘ Roscoelite

ⓘ Rutile

ⓘ Safflorite

ⓘ Samarskite-(Y)

ⓘ Sanidine

ⓘ 'Scapolite'

ⓘ Scheelite

ⓘ Schorl

ⓘ Schreibersite

ⓘ Scorodite

ⓘ Segnitite

ⓘ Selenium

ⓘ Selenopolybasite (TL)

ⓘ Selenostephanite

ⓘ Semseyite

ⓘ Sepiolite

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

ⓘ Siderite

ⓘ var: Mg-rich Siderite

ⓘ Sillimanite

ⓘ var: Fibrolite

ⓘ Silver

ⓘ Sincosite

ⓘ Skutterudite

ⓘ Smithsonite

ⓘ Spessartine

ⓘ Sphalerite

ⓘ var: Marmatite

ⓘ Spinel

ⓘ Stannite

ⓘ Staurolite

ⓘ Stephanite

ⓘ 'Stibiconite'

ⓘ Stibnite

ⓘ 'Stilbite'

ⓘ Stilbite-Ca

ⓘ Stolzite

ⓘ Strengite

ⓘ Stromeyerite

ⓘ Sulphur

ⓘ Sylvanite

ⓘ 'Synchysite'

ⓘ Synchysite-(Y)

ⓘ Tacharanite

ⓘ Taenite

ⓘ Talc

ⓘ 'Tantalite'

ⓘ Tantalite-(Fe)

ⓘ Tennantite

ⓘ Tenorite

ⓘ Tetradymite

ⓘ Tetrahedrite

ⓘ var: Argentian Tetrahedrite

ⓘ Thaumasite

ⓘ 'Thomsonite'

ⓘ Thomsonite-Ca

ⓘ Thorite

ⓘ 'Thunder Egg'

ⓘ Titanite

ⓘ Tobermorite

ⓘ Topaz

ⓘ Torbernite

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

ⓘ Tremolite

ⓘ Tridymite

ⓘ Troilite

ⓘ Tungstite

ⓘ Tyrolite

ⓘ Tyuyamunite

ⓘ Uraninite

ⓘ var: Pitchblende

ⓘ Uranophane

ⓘ Valentinite

ⓘ Valleyite (TL)

ⓘ Vanadinite

ⓘ Variscite

ⓘ Vermiculite

ⓘ Vesuvianite

ⓘ Vikingite

ⓘ Vivianite

ⓘ Volborthite

ⓘ 'Wad'

ⓘ Wardite

ⓘ Wavellite

ⓘ Willemite

ⓘ Wodginite

ⓘ 'Wolframite'

ⓘ Wollastonite

ⓘ Wulfenite

ⓘ Wurtzite

ⓘ Xanthoconite

ⓘ Xenotime-(Y)

ⓘ Zálesíite

ⓘ 'Zinnwaldite'

ⓘ Zippeite

ⓘ Zircon

ⓘ Zoisite


358 valid minerals. 13 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc.

Rock Types Recorded

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Geochronology

Mineralization age: Phanerozoic : 99 Ma to 44 Ma

Important note: This table is based only on rock and mineral ages recorded below and is not necessarily a complete representation of the geochronology, but does give an indication of possible mineralization events relevant to this locality. As more age information is added this table may expand in the future. A break in the table simply indicates a lack of data entered here, not necessarily a break in the geologic sequence. Grey background entries are from different, related, localities.

Geologic TimeRocks, Minerals and Events
Phanerozoic
 Cenozoic
  Paleogene
   Eocene
ⓘ Biotite44 MaSawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise Co., Idaho, USA
    
  
 Mesozoic
  Cretaceous
   Late Cretaceous
ⓘ Monazite (youngest age)90 MaLemhi Pass District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA
ⓘ Monazite (oldest age)99 MaLemhi Pass District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA

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