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Locality Name:
Slate Creek Area, Custer Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 293811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slate Creek Area, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unorganized District

Latitude: 44°11'25"N
Longitude: 114°35'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.190277777778,-114.58555555556
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: C Ca 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: 
AndalusiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)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)12073472734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212073475509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120734727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120734527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12073454165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120734524243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142207345,207347784
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1207347234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120734712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22207345,20734739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812073459056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22207345,20734761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120734521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312073455317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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