Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lemhi Range, Butte Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 249094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lemhi Range, Butte Co., Idaho, USA": 84
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 80

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dome District
Hamilton District

Latitude: 44°2'6"N
Longitude: 113°4'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.035,-113.07694444444

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Linarite Malachite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	205902,205938	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	205891,205937	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	205938	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	205938	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	205912,205938	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	205897	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	205921	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	205897	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	205897,205902,205916,205938,205944	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	205886,205891,205897,205912,205916,205936,205937,205938	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	205938	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	205897	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	205897,205938	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	205891,205938	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	205891,205903,205912,205938	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	205912,205938	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	205921	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	205912	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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