Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sheep Mountain District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 277659
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277659.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sheep Mountain District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bacon Group
Badger Lode Prospect
Castro Prospect
Golconda Group
Idaho Primitive Area
Lemp Group
Mahan Mine
Mountain King Mine (Silver Streak; King; Happy Day)
Old Timer Prospect
Singer Mine
Thomas Creek No. 2 Claim
Thomas Creek No. 3 Claim
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10168363)
Unnamed Lead Prospect (MRDS - 10265809)

Latitude: 44°36'50"N
Longitude: 115°1'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.613888888889,-115.01666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Au C Ca Cu Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	207323,207327	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	207330	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	207322,207323,207327,207328,207330	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	207327	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	207325,207327,207328,207329,207332	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	207324	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	207322	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	207322,207325,207327,207328,207329,207330	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	207325	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	207322,207323,207325,207327,207328,207329,207330	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	207331	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	207329	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	207322,207325,207327,207329,207330	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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