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Locality Name:
Phi Kappa Canyon, Alta District (Alto District; Wildhorse District), Custer Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275041
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275041.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phi Kappa Canyon, Alta District (Alto District; Wildhorse District), Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Phi Kappa Creek Deposit (Old Glory Fraction; Clifton; Black Bear Nos. 1-19)

Latitude: 43°50'19"N
Longitude: 114°12'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.838611111111,-114.20305555556
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 Mg O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteGarnetNonePrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312067231534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612067232060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120672327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120672327198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612067234135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12067238173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212067239617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120672324243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312067231544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120672314899
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212067231898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120672339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120672361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12067234894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120672321482


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