Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Roundtop District, Benewah Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 275269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roundtop District, Benewah Co., Idaho, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Big Five Group Prospect
Butte Mining Company Prospect
Engle Mountain
Greenback Prospect
Hired Girl Prospect
Monarch Prospect
Mountain View Mining Company Prospect
Rainbow No. 3 Prospect (Victory Claim Group; Elephant Claim Group; Ulysses Claim Group; Buffalo Claim Group)
Silver Star Prospect

Latitude: 47°23'29"N
Longitude: 116°29'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.391388888889,-116.49722222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	204392	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	204385,204392	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	204385,204389,204390,204392,204393	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	204385,204386,204390,204391,204392,204393	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	204385	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	204385,204386,204389,204390,204391	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	204385	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	204385,204386,204389,204390,204392	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	204385,204386,204391,204392,204393	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	204392	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	204386,204390,204392,204393	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	204390	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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