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Locality Name:
Bonner Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonner Co., Idaho, USA": 232
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 218

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
B R 132 Pit
Big Casino Occurrence
Big Creek Mining Group
Blue Flame Prospect
Brand S Laclede Pit
Cabinet Prospect
Cabinet Range Occurrence
Clagst One Pit
Clark Fork District
Coolin
Flower Occurrence
Geneva Claims
Glasscock Mine
Gold Creek Quartzite Occurrence (Green Mtn.; Gold Creek Silica)
Hines Clay Deposit (Priest River Clay Deposit; Quartz Creek Clay Deposit)
Idaho Panhandle Occurrence (Panhandle Copper M. And S. Company)
Kaniksu National Forest
Lakeview District
Little Casino Occurrence
Lost Tin Mine
Pack River Area
Pend Oreille District
Priest Lake District
Priest River
Rat Group
Sagle
Sandpoint
Shannon Group
Talache District
Tiger Occurrence
Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10119817)
Unnamed Copper Location (MRDS - 10208002)
Unnamed Silver Location (MRDS - 10240704)
Unnamed Uranium Location (MRDS - 10216865)
Unnamed Uranium Location (MRDS - 10216931)
Unnamed Uranium Location (MRDS - 10217041)
Unorganized District

Latitude: 48°18'17"N
Longitude: 116°39'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.304722222222,-116.65611111111

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 Be C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFairchilditeFeldsparFluoriteGeocronite
MalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteVivianite

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Bütschliite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fairchildite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Powellite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S4205422,205480,205492,2055482793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12055118803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2205371,2054072734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212054223092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1205431379
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O185205404,205511,205512,205530,2055604286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43205348,205352,2054595516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S114205350,205402,205420,205422843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32205350,2054021089
Bütschliite  (*)NoneK2Ca(CO3)2120541211
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13205341,205344,205367,205369,205374,205379,205382,205385,205389,205420,205431,205453,20549227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12054074979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4205338,205352,205480,2055485707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS243205338,205341,205344,205345,205346,205347,205348,205352,205365,205367,205374,205378,205379,205390,205415,205416,205419,205420,205422,205438,205439,205450,205452,205453,205457,205459,205460,205462,205472,205476,205477,205478,205479,205480,205487,205493,205500,205508,205519,205525,205539,205547,20554827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2205353,2054523846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12053384165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12053482970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612054314135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2205341,2054318173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1205382814
Fairchildite  (*)FairchilditeK2Ca(CO3)2120541210
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121205348663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS59205338,205341,205343,205344,205345,205346,205348,205350,205355,205356,205357,205361,205362,205365,205369,205371,205374,205375,205377,205378,205379,205380,205382,205384,205385,205386,205388,205389,205390,205399,205401,205402,205407,205418,205419,205420,205422,205431,205432,205438,205439,205442,205453,205457,205460,205462,205472,205476,205477,205479,205480,205487,205508,205510,205515,205519,205539,205547,20554824243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231205350133
Gold  (*)CopperAu4205344,205353,205428,20550730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32205338,20544214640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1205422469
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42205338,20545314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25205338,205341,205345,205352,20549412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212053745674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S242205350,205402158
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2205511,2055304924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24205431,205494,205506,2055075800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25205369,205492,205511,205512,20553017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)6205344,205435,205436,205541,205543,2055442349
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1205422249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]3205480,205547,205548716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2205506,205507494
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32205419,205422733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32205402,2054221425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS250205338,205341,205344,205345,205346,205347,205350,205355,205356,205358,205361,205365,205367,205369,205374,205375,205379,205380,205382,205384,205388,205399,205402,205420,205422,205431,205432,205438,205439,205442,205450,205453,205457,205460,205472,205476,205477,205478,205479,205480,205487,205492,205507,205510,205512,205520,205525,205539,205547,20554839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212053993106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12053851725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S814205344,205358,205361,205362,205367,205374,205380,205382,205386,205390,205453,205493,205519,2055259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO268205338,205344,205345,205347,205348,205350,205352,205355,205356,205357,205358,205361,205362,205367,205374,205377,205378,205379,205380,205382,205384,205385,205386,205388,205389,205390,205399,205401,205402,205404,205415,205416,205419,205420,205422,205431,205432,205438,205439,205442,205452,205457,205459,205460,205472,205476,205477,205478,205479,205480,205487,205492,205493,205501,205507,205508,205510,205511,205512,205515,205519,205520,205525,205530,205539,205547,205548,20556061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2205350,2054221711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4205431,205500,205506,2055074894
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S211205402165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)32205341,205348,205350,205352,205357,205358,205369,205371,205377,205379,205382,205384,205388,205389,205401,205402,205419,205420,205422,205438,205439,205442,205457,205460,205472,205476,205477,205479,205480,205487,205547,2055486417
Silver  (*)CopperAg10205353,205414,205422,205424,205426,205427,205428,205432,205520,2055475186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS38205344,205346,205350,205357,205358,205361,205362,205369,205374,205377,205379,205380,205384,205388,205389,205390,205399,205401,205402,205419,205420,205422,205438,205439,205457,205460,205462,205472,205476,205477,205478,205479,205480,205487,205492,205508,205547,20554821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34205422,205432,205480,2055483418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1326205341,205345,205347,205348,205350,205402,205418,205419,205420,205422,205431,205438,205439,205442,205457,205460,205462,205472,205476,205477,205479,205480,205487,205525,205547,2055485317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12054481059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212054992718



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