Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Atlanta District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22673
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22673.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atlanta District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Anna Occurrence
Atlanta
Atlanta Gold Mines Corporation (Wonder; Washington; Gold Nugget)
Atlanta Lode
Baltimore Mine
Big Lode Mine (Anna Lode; Leonora; Hazel Queen; Paymaster Mine)
Boise - Rochester Mine (Old Chunk; Stedtman; General Pettit Lombard; Bagdad Chase)
Constant Hope Prospect
Flint Gulch Prospect
General Petite Mine
Golden Stinger
Greenback Mine
Hercules Mine
Hill And Davis Claim Prospect
Hill Billy Occurrence
Idaho Atlanta Gold Mine
Idaho Bonanza
Idaho Gold Mine
La Moyne Creek Pb-Ag Outcrop Occurrence
Last Chance Mine
Leonora No. 2 Occurrence
Minerva Mine
Minnie Occurrence
Nugget
Pal Group Mine
Petite Mine
Pioneer
Silver Tide Vein Prospect
Tahoma Mine (Atlanta Gold Project; Old Talachee Mill Property; Atlanta Surface Mine; Atlanta Lode)
Talache (Buffalo; West Buffalo Orebody; Monarch)
Upper Billy Creek Mineral Occurrences
Yuba Group Prospect

Latitude: 43°47'35"N
Longitude: 115°7'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.793055555556,-115.12333333333

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Gypsum	Linarite	Molybdenite	None	Polybasite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Linarite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Beryl Chalcopyrite Copper Gypsum Linarite Molybdenite None Polybasite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	207676,207680	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	207680	2734
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	207707	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	207680	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	207680	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	207680,207691,207700,207703	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	207683	6890
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	207680	987
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	4	207676,207680,207683,207705	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	207707	5800
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	3	207676,207680,207683	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	4	207676,207680,207683,207705	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	5	207676,207678,207680,207683,207705	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	207676,207683	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	207676,207683,207695,207705	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	207676,207677,207680,207683,207695	5186
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	207676,207680	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	2	207676,207680	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	207680	5317
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	3	207680,207686,207702	89

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050306	Atlanta, Atlanta District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA	https://rruff.info/R050306

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