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Locality Name:
Sturgill Peak Area, Washington Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 280858
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280858.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sturgill Peak Area, Washington Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
East Fork Of Mann Creek Prospect
Gabbro Prospect
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10070088)
Skarn Prospect

Latitude: 44°36'56"N
Longitude: 116°56'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.615555555556,-116.94722222222
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteNonePyrite
QuartzSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212122173419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22212215,21221727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2212215,2122178173
Gold  (*)CopperAu121221630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121221614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121221714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121221712537
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12122152349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121221539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22212216,21221761156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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