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


mindat Locality ID: 275219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yreka, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Big Eight Prospect (New General Mines Company)
Black Hawk Mine
Corby Mine
East Hypotheek Mine (King Mine; New Jersey Consolidated Mine; Polyastics Corp.)
East Page Project
New Hilarity Group (Hilarity Mine; New Hilarity Mine; Epic Ag; Hilarity Group; Signal Silver Gold)
Page Mine (Corrigan Mine; Tony Ore Body)
Ranger Mine
Shoshone Prospect
Sidney Mine
Silver Belt Prospect
Stewart Mine
Surprise Mine (Surprise No. 1 And No. 2; Highland-Surprise Mine)
Wyoming Mine
Yankee Girl Mine (Perhaps; Sunshine Consolidated Mine)
Yreka United Group Mine (Mohawk Ag - Pb; Hill; Paramount; Altura)

Latitude: 47°30'27"N
Longitude: 116°10'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.5075,-116.18305555556
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 Ca Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)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)22211222,2112253092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2211221,21122527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24211220,211221,211222,21122527198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7211219,211220,211221,211222,211225,211228,21122924243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212112255674
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1211222767
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312112221425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23211221,211222,21122539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82211221,2112259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25211216,211219,211221,211222,21122561156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12112252473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6211216,211219,211220,211221,211222,21122521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134211216,211220,211222,2112255317


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