Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Idaho Primitive Area, Pistol Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 276573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idaho Primitive Area, Pistol Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Buckhorn Placer
Cap Creek Prospect
Coleman Prospect (In 4th Of July Group)
Cougar Mine
Cross Forks Placer
Franklin D. Prospect (In 4th Of July Group)
Horse Pistol Placer
Indiana Placer
Iowa-Viginia Placer
Lower's Placer
Molly Prospect
Old Faithful Group Mine
Primitive Group Placer
RDG Prospect
Speckled Trout Placer
Springfield Scheelite Mine (White Mare Group)
Thirty Two Creek Placer
Twenty Five Creek Placer
Wild Dream Prospect

Latitude: 44°43'5"N
Longitude: 115°13'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.718055555556,-115.22722222222

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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: Ba Ca Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	211866	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	211864,211866	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	211874,211876	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	211863,211864,211866	24243
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	211874	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	211863,211864,211866,211874	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	211872,211876	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	211863,211864,211866,211876,211879	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	211872,211876	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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