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Locality Name:
Jim Creek, Boulder Creek District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 279277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jim Creek, Boulder Creek District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Livingston Mine (Livingstone)

Latitude: 44°8'3"N
Longitude: 114°35'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.134166666667,-114.58361111111
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: As C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteEpsomiteGeocroniteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyrite
RocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12068772734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12068779052
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12068774979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120687727198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120687724243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231206877133
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1206877188
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141206877784
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212068775674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120687739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812068779056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120687721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312068775317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1206877372


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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