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Locality Name:
Resort District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 278421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Resort District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Blue Bucket Occurrence
Dorsar 1-2 Occurrence
Gayhart Burns Placer Mine
Hamby Mining Group
Ruby Creek Placer
Secesh - Ruby Placers
Thorpe Placer (Robert; Thorpe; Toler And Thorp; Royal)

Latitude: 45°15'9"N
Longitude: 115°50'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.2525,-115.84666666667

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: Al Au Ca Fe Hg Mg O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteCopperCorundumNonePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelZircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Augite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Corundum  (*)Gold  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512086461310
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612086462060
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3208645,208646,2086472600
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312086471797
Gold  (*)CopperAu4208643,208645,208646,20864730554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32208646,2086475433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42208646,20864714899
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22208646,20864761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22208646,2086475614
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2208646,2086475251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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