Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Priest Lake District, Bonner Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 275962
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275962.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Priest Lake District, Bonner Co., Idaho, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 50
Child Localities:
Apex
Baldwin Group
Big Step Prospect
Binarch Creek Mining Company Prospect (Idaho Panhandle)
Bodie Canyon Prospect
Boulder Mountain Occurrence
Brittania Mining Company Occurrence
Camp Bird Mine
Cuban Prospect
East Priest Lake Prospect
Fire Chief Mine (She-Light Claim; Fire Chief Claim; Murray-Linton Mining Company)
Freeman Lake Silica Mine
Gem Copper Mining Company Prospect
Golden Eagle Claims
Granite Creek Prospect
Grey Goose Prospect
Hines Nordman Occurrence (Silvertip)
Hotchkiss Claim Prospect (Poorboy - Slowpoke; Hines)
Idaho Copper Prospect (Virginia - Lake Shore)
Idaho Occurrence
Kootenai No. 2 Prospect
L. And M. Prospect (Murry - Linton Mining Company)
Lakeview Prospect
Little Grass Mountain Quartz Deposit
Lucky Abe
Lucky Lead Prospect
Maurice J. Avery Property
Milwaukee Mines Prospect (Kalispell Tunnel)
Mosquito Bay Prospect
Mountain Chief Prospect
Nancy K Prospect
Nevada Mines Prospect
New Discovery Occurrence
Nickel Plate Prospect
Pine Creek Prospects
Plowboy - Bluebell Prospect
Priest River Mining Company Prospect (Farmer Jones)
Quarry (MRDS - 10240700)
Rose Of Killarney Prospect (Rose Of Kennedy)
Silver Mountain Prospect
State Line Occurrence
Sullivan Mine
Swanson-Dechamps Prospect (Henry Holmes)
Unnamed Beryllium Location (MRDS - 10289675)
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10289808)
Unnamed Uranium Location (MRDS - 10265288)
Unnamed Uranium Location (MRDS - 10290096)
Uranium Deposit (MRDS - 10069827)
Vat Group
Woodrat Mine (Panhandle Mining And Smelting Company)

Latitude: 48°29'48"N
Longitude: 116°55'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.496666666667,-116.93027777778

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.

Acanthite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Al Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	205492	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	205511	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	205511,205512,205530	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	205492	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	205493,205500,205508,205519,205525,205539	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	205508,205510,205515,205519,205539	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	205507	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	205494	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	205511,205530	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	205494,205506,205507	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	205492,205511,205512,205530	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2	205506,205507	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	205492,205507,205510,205512,205520,205525,205539	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	205493,205519,205525	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	205492,205493,205501,205507,205508,205510,205511,205512,205515,205519,205520,205525,205530,205539	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	205500,205506,205507	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	205520	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	205492,205508	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	205525	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	205499	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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