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

mindat Locality ID: 39589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39589.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Indian Creek District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Cardinal Prospect
Dump Creek
Eagle Group
East Fork Occurrence
Evans-Esker Occurrence
Fulkerson Ranch Pegmatite Occurrence
Gramlich Minerals Inc (Lither & Gap Groups Of Claims; East Fork)
H. R. Roberts' Claims
Idaho Primitive Area
Kittie Burton Mine (Smith; Ulysses)
Last Chance Prospect
Lee - Buck No. 4 Claim
Lee Buck Claims No. 13; 14; 15
Lee Buck No. 3 Claim
McConn Creek Deposit
Mineral Hill
Radiant Group
Rattlesnake Prospect
Rico And Rico Nos. 1 And 2 Occurrence
Robert's Prospect
Salmon River Uranium Development Company Occurrence
Sham Group
Silver King Claims (Uncle Sam; Calera Mine)
Simplot Monazite Deposit (Spring Creek Monazite)
Spring Creek Prospect
Squaw Creek Prospect
Stevens Group
Ulysses Mine
White-Hutchinson Occurrence
Wiley Evans - Reese Esker Claims

Latitude: 45°25'49"N
Longitude: 114°10'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.430277777778,-114.18111111111

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	8	209713,209721,209727,209729,209738,209740,209741,209745	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	209715,209726	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	209715,209726	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	209725	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	209713,209721,209727,209729,209738,209740,209745	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	209725	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	209713,209715,209721,209725,209726,209727,209729,209738,209740,209745	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	209715,209717,209721,209723,209725,209726,209729	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	209725	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	209745	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	209725	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	209728	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	6	209715,209721,209726,209729,209738,209745	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	12	209713,209715,209721,209724,209725,209726,209727,209728,209729,209730,209738,209745	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	209723,209725	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	209740	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	209725	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	209721,209723,209725,209727,209729,209738,209745	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	209725,209729	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	209713,209715,209721,209724,209725,209726,209738,209740,209745	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	209725	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	6	209715,209726,209727,209729,209738,209745	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	209727,209740,209741,209745	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	209725	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	209721	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	209715,209726	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	209715,209726	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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