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


mindat Locality ID: 277464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pistol Creek District, Valley Co., Idaho, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Deer Horn Creek Bar Prospect
Golden King Claim (Silver Prospect)
Idaho Primitive Area
Joe Bump Bar Prospect
K. W. Prospect
Lucky Lad Mine (Eagle Group; Lucky Boy)
Pistol Creek & Middle Fork Salmon River Placer
Sheepeater Bar Prospect
Silver Sue Claim (Bacon And Beans Claim; Susie Q Claim)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10266396)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (Gold Prospect; MRDS - 10145161)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10266542)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10266717)
Unnamed Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10290873)

Latitude: 44°39'4"N
Longitude: 115°15'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.651111111111,-115.25777777778

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: 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: 
BaryteChalcopyriteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2211866,2118822734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2211864,21186611547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23211874,211876,21188227198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5211863,211864,211866,211881,21188224243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212118745800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26211863,211864,211866,211874,211881,21188239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82211872,2118769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25211863,211864,211866,211876,21187961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2211872,2118764894



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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