Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Idaho City District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39458
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39458.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idaho City District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 48
Child Localities:
Accident Prospect
Antimony Prospect (MRDS - 10069859)
Antonson Mining Company Placer
Bar Occurrence
Bert Day Mine
Big Ben Mine
Big Gulch Mine
Blaine Mine
Blue Bird Mine
Boomer Prospect
Boulder Group Mine
Bummer Mill Diggings
Cash Register Mine
Cleveland Mine
Cloverleaf Mine (MacCarthy Mine)
Daveda
Elk And Moores Creeks
Eureka Mine
Evans Property (Illinois-Mascot Mines)
Forest King Prospect
Gold Belt
Granger Group
Grimes Company Placers (MRDS - 10090081)
Grimes Golden
Hole Card
Humdinger Group
Idaho City Placer (Goldhill Placer Mines; Gold Hill Placers Nos. 1; 3; 4; 5)
Illinois Creek Area
K. M. Mine
Lakow Flats Placer-Lakow Extension Nos.1-5 Prospect (Bear Run Creek)
Lost Cavalos Occurrence
Lucky Boy Mine
Mascot Mine
Mattie Group Prospect (Warner)
Moores Creek Dredging Company Mine
Morning Mist Mining Corporation Prospect
Mud Springs Prospect (Lippencott)
Mystery Claims (Lundquist Property)
New Deal
Orphan Prospect
Pine Hill
Red Howes
Texida Mine
Twin Sister Mine
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10168060)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10289731)
Unnamed Gold Prospects (MRDS - 10120257)
Wildhorse Creek

Latitude: 43°51'8"N
Longitude: 115°49'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.852222222222,-115.83277777778

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.

Acanthite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Acanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Platinum ()*
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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: Ag Au Cl Cu Fe H Mo Nb O Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cl S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Corundum Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	205187	2793
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	205196	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	205184	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	205172,205173,205196,205203	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	205174,205175,205183,205184,205187,205190,205194,205198,205200	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	205162,205175,205194	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	205162,205175,205194	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	205168	5800
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	205187	485
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	2	205175,205194	121
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	205160,205168,205173,205187,205196,205203	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	205160,205168,205172,205173,205187,205203	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	2	205175,205194	353
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	205183,205184,205187	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	205172,205173,205196,205203	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	205160,205197	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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