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Locality Name:
Profile District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275002
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275002.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Profile District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Galena Central Prospect (Profile-Tamarack Mines Prospect)
Glasgow Mine (Glasgow-Wilson; Profile-Yellow Pine Company; Probiglo Mining Company; Victor Claims)
Name Unknown Occurrence (MRDS - 10040120)
Parks Creek Prospect
Profile Gap Deposit (Wilson Group; Profile Gap Prospect; Syringa; Wallace-Mitchell Claims; Wilson Mine; Syringa; Sam Wilson Tunnel)
Quartz Creek Mine (Skipper; Juniper)
Red Mountain Occurrence (Quartz Creek Prospect)
Warner Occurrence (Tungsten Group; Warner Gold)

Latitude: 45°1'7"N
Longitude: 115°27'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.018611111111,-115.45
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteEpidoteFluoriteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteVesuvianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121189627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121189627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12118942600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212118969617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121189224243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212118965800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121189639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22211896,21189761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3211892,211896,2118974894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121189221482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012118961395
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12118961025


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