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Locality Name:
Pinnell Vein, Gold Hill District (Blackfoot District), Latah Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 250333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinnell Vein, Gold Hill District (Blackfoot District), Latah Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bishop Claim Prospect
Gold Bug Prospect
Gold Hill Mine
Gold Hill Prospect

Latitude: 46°57'42"N
Longitude: 116°44'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.961666666667,-116.74527777778
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 Ba C 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: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteMalachiteMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22209155,2091563092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212091575509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4209155,209156,209157,20915811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42209155,2091565516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120915627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2209157,2091585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24209155,209156,209157,20915827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2209157,2091583531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2209157,2091583846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2209157,2091584165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4209155,209156,209157,2091582970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120915624243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34209155,209156,209157,20915814640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24209155,209156,209157,20915812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212091565800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24209155,209156,209157,20915839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24209155,209156,209157,20915861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4209155,209156,209157,2091586417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134209155,209156,209157,2091585317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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