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Locality Name:
Yellow Pine District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellow Pine District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 36
Child Localities:
Antimony Ridge Mine (Babbitt Metal Mine; Hanson Antimony Mine)
Babbitt Metal (Antimony Ridge)
Bonanza Occurrence (Sugar Creek Antimony Prospect; Kennedy; United Mercury Mines Company Property)
Boyle Occurrence
Buck Bed Prospect
Bucks Bed Prospect
Copper King Prospect
Doris K. Prospect
Fern Mine (Fern Quicksilver Mining Company)
Fourth Of July Mine
Garnet Creek Prospect
H. T. Abstein's Property
Hennessey Prospect
Hermes Mine (Cinnabar; Bonanza; Pringlesmith; Cinnebar; Fern Quicksilver)
Homestake Deposit
Idaho Primitive Area
Johnson Creek Area Occurrence (Antimony Ridge; Idaho Mineral; Idaho Minerals Group)
Kennedy Prospects (Bonanza Ledge)
Madam Queen Prospect (Bonanza Ledge)
Meadow Creek Mine
Monday Prospect
Mountain Chief Prospect
Nethken Prospects
North Monday Prospect (Cinnabar)
North Tunnel Prospect
Pioneer Group Prospect (Syringa Associates Prospect)
Rare Earth Occurrence (MRDS - 10071029)
Silver Cliff Lode Occurrence
Smith Prospect
Stibnite Mine (Stibnite Prospect; West End Group; West End Mine)
Sugar Creek Prospect (Unnamed Location)
Sulfide No. 10 Prospect
Unnamed Prospect
Vermillion Mine
West End (Stibnite)
Yellow Pine Mine

Latitude: 44°56'2"N
Longitude: 115°21'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.933888888889,-115.36444444444
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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFeldsparMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOrpiment
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteStibniteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12120929052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2212092,21209727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121209227198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS13212073,212076,212079,212082,212083,212084,212088,212094,212096,212099,212101,212106,2121082600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212120739895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121209424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2212092,21210830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12121052812
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21212092230
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212120925800
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31212084511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12121082349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210212078,212084,212087,212090,212092,212094,212095,212097,212099,21210839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83212078,212092,2120959056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212212071,212073,212076,212078,212083,212087,212088,212092,212097,212099,212101,21210861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1212084712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212120995614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2212098,2121084894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2212092,2120976417
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S314212071,212073,212078,212083,212084,212087,212088,212090,212092,212095,212097,212098,212102,2121083418
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12120995251


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