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Locality Name:
Evolution, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Evolution, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Benewah-Shoshone Deposit (Blackdome Peak; Monument Butte)
Butcher Mine
Camp Mine
Coeur D'Alene Big Creek
Coeur D'Alene Mines (Merger Mine; Camp Project; Silver Standard; McFarren Gulch Mines; Plain View; Idaho-Montana; Mineral Point)
Crane Prospect
First National Mine
Gold Creek Mine (Troy Group; Moe Property)
Gullickson Mine
Hardscrabble Claim Group
Idaho Leadville Mines Company Prospect
Idaho Pit
Liberty Bell Group
Moon Creek Occurrence
Morning No. 6
National Mine (First National Mine)
Polaris - Rainbow Area
Rhode Island Group; Black Prince
Rhode Island Prospect
Royal Apex Mine (Apex Silver; St. Joe; Royal)
Silver Surprise Prospect
United Mines Prospect (Elgin And Ogden Groups)

Latitude: 47°30'13"N
Longitude: 116°1'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.503611111111,-116.03222222222
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: Ag As C Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12109199052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412109185516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12109185707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23210910,210918,21091927198
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1210907814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6210910,210916,210918,210919,210920,21092224243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121091014640
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31210919733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23210918,210919,21092239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812109209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22210918,21092261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4210907,210910,210918,2109196417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3210916,210919,21092021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134210907,210910,210918,2109195317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212109072718


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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