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Locality Name:
Hoodoo Mts, Latah Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 249752
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249752.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoodoo Mts, Latah Co., Idaho, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hoodoo District

Latitude: 46°59'53"N
Longitude: 116°31'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.998055555556,-116.525
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteCubaniteEpidote
FeldsparMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteWurtziteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22209168,2091743419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212091745509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412091745516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2209167,20917427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12091745707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25209167,209168,209171,209174,20917527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12091743531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12091743846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12091744165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31209174802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12091742970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612091744135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12091748173
Gold  (*)CopperAu9209164,209165,209166,209170,209172,209173,209177,209178,20917930554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120917412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212091745674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12091744924
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23209170,209174,20917539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82209167,2091689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25209168,209170,209171,209174,20917561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)5209167,209170,209171,209174,2091756417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2209174,20917521482
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1209174652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12091745251


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