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Locality Name:
Gold Star Gulch, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 283772
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283772.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Star Gulch, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silver Star Mine (Gold Bug)

Latitude: 45°20'2"N
Longitude: 113°49'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.333888888889,-113.83138888889
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: Au C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12096462734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212096465509
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12096464979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120964627198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120964624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu120964630554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120964612537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120964639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12096461725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120964661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120964621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312096465317


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