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Locality Name:
Carmen Creek District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carmen Creek District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Beartrack
Carmen Creek Mine
Carmen Creek Occurrence
Drilling Development Prospect
Freeman Gulch Placer (Bell Mine Placer)
Holcomb Occurrence
Iron Dike Prospect
Oro Cache Mine (Ore Cash; Freeman; Marc Claims)
Shumaker-Olson Occurrence
Twin Cabin Mine
Unnamed Copper Mine (MRDS - 10013542)
Victory No. 1 Prospect

Latitude: 45°16'47"N
Longitude: 113°45'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.279722222222,-113.75027777778
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachiteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212093593419
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412093595516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12093595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23209359,209364,20936527198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12093591382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12093623531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12093683846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12093598173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3209364,209365,20936724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5209359,209362,209365,209367,20936830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3120935914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42209359,20936514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22209359,20936212537
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25209359,209362,209364,209365,20936739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25209359,209362,209364,209365,20936761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12093675186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2209364,20936521482


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