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Locality Name:
Caribou City-Stump Creek Area MLA, Mount Pisgah District, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275220
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275220.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caribou City-Stump Creek Area MLA, Mount Pisgah District, Bonneville Co., Idaho, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Barnes Creek Placer (Lucky Strike Group)
Bilk Gulch Placer (Gold Placer)
Copper Queen Mine (Monte Cristo)
Evergreen Mine (North Fork Eagle Creek Lode)
Grey Eagle Prospect
Iowa Bar Placer (Gold Placer)
Lakeview Occurrence (Caribou Mountain)
Mayflower Occurrence
Mountain Chief Mine
N. S. Davenport Mine
Nabob Mine
Nealson Mine
Northern Light Mine (Northern Light Extension Mine; Caribou Mountain)
Oneida Prospect (Oneida South Mine)
Paymaster Mine
Peterson Mine
Pittsburg Mine
Robinson Mine (Orphan Boy Mine)
Rough & Ready Occurrence
Silver Star Mine
Tincup Creek Placer (Gold Placer)
Virginia Mine
Wasatch Occurrence (Iron Deposit)
Xlnt Occurrence (Caribou Mountain)

Latitude: 43°5'16"N
Longitude: 111°18'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.087777777778,-111.31027777778
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: Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pt S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCopperMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43205600,205614,2056155516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3205601,205614,20561527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24205600,205601,205614,20561527198
Gold  (*)CopperAu3205598,205599,20561830554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212056015674
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1205599485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24205600,205601,205614,20561539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120561461156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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