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Locality Name:
Black Warrior District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 235161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Warrior District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Barger Group
Bayhorse Pass Prospect No. 2
Bayhorse Pass Prospects
Black Warrior Mine (Hope Nos. 1-9 Claims; Oscar V. Swensson Property)
Browns Creek Prospect
Canyon Group
Corder Group Prospect
Corder Group Prospect No. 2
Deer Park Group (Hope & Deer Park Groups Prospect)
Ford Prospect
Gloria Group
Gold Bug Claim
Gordon Occurrence
Greenwalt Placer
Grouse Creek - Black Warrior Creek Ridge Prospects
Johnson Creek Prospects
Little Queens Mine
Lone Cabin Nos. 1-8 Claims
Magnolia Creek Mine
Mick Occurrence
Money Prospect
Money Quartz Prospect
Mule Creek Prospect No. 1
Mule Creek Prospect No. 2
Overlook Mine
Rico Mine
Swensson Prospect
Upper Grouse Creek Property
W. K. R. Antimony Claims (W. K. R. Nos. 1-4)
Wilson Group

Latitude: 43°53'43"N
Longitude: 115°13'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.895277777778,-115.23138888889
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 Au C Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24207713,207717,207718,20772727198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6207713,207717,207718,207727,207729,20774024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5207716,207721,207723,207732,20774230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32207713,20771714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22207712,20771712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212077275800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22207713,20772939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27207713,207717,207718,207727,207729,207739,20774061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4207713,207727,207729,20774021482
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1207739652


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