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Locality Name:
De Lamar Mine (Wahl; Sommercamp; Voschay), De Lamar District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 10528
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10528.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "De Lamar Mine (Wahl; Sommercamp; Voschay), De Lamar District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°0'42"N
Longitude: 116°50'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.011666666667,-116.83416666667
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 Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDiasporeKaoliniteMandarinoite
MarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSapphirineSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beidellite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Fischesserite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Mandarinoite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Selenopolybasite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]0133
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS087
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O085
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe2024
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Mandarinoite  (*)MandarinoiteFe3+2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O014
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se0192
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Selenopolybasite  (*)NoneCu(Ag,Cu)6Ag9Sb2(S,Se)9Se206
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070505De Lamar Mine (Wahl; Sommercamp; Voschay), De Lamar District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070505

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