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


mindat Locality ID: 277186
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277186.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idaho Primitive Area, Indian Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Big Chief Claims (Moore Property)
Chief Executive Group
Come Back Prospect
Copper Mountain Prospect (Mary Kate)
Duches N. Claim
Gold Flat Prospect
Indian Creek Landing Field Placer
Indian Creek Quartz Deposit
Jerico Claim
Lucky Boy Placer
Minnie Wilson No. 1 Claim
Mule Train Claims
Murphy Peak Prospect
Pungo Creek Fluorspar Prospect
Rock Rabbit Nos. 1 - 10 Claims
S. J. Prospect
Several Pits Prospect
Slide Prospect
Snow Storm No. 1 Claim
Vesper Claim

Latitude: 44°49'14"N
Longitude: 115°15'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.820555555556,-115.25222222222
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: C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43211720,211728,2117365516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121172027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212117319617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121172024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121172414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121172812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212117285674
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24211720,211728,211731,21173661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121172021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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