Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Black Pine District, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39478
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39478.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Pine District, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Black Pine Mine
East Dry Fork Prospect
Hazel Pine Mine
Miller Cinnabar (Highland Virmyra Gold)
Mineral Gulch Prospect
Mineral Gulch Prospect No. 1
Mineral Gulch Prospect No. 2
Mineral Gulch Prospect No. 3
Ruth Mine
Silver Hills Mine
Tolman Mine
Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10216573)
Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10265542)
Valentine Mine (Ackerill; Anderson Property)
War Eagle Peak Prospect

Latitude: 42°5'35"N
Longitude: 113°3'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.093055555556,-113.055

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Gold ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Scorodite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	206302,206303,206304,206313	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	206302,206304,206309	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	206303,206308,206313	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	206304	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	206304	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	206313	1689
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	4	206302,206303,206309,206313	784
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	206304,206308,206309,206314	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	206309	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	206302,206303,206304,206308,206309,206313,206314	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	4	206302,206303,206308,206313	712
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	206302,206313	1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	206302,206304,206308,206313	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	206308,206309	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	206303,206304,206308,206309,206314	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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