Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Buckhorn Mine, Junction District (Little Eightmile District), Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 136256
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-136256.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckhorn Mine, Junction District (Little Eightmile District), Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°47'32"N
Longitude: 113°27'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.792222222222,-113.46388888889

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Epsomite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Galena ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Epsomite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	66
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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