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Locality Name:
Atlanta, Atlanta District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 31612
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31612.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atlanta, Atlanta District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Buffalo-Monarch Vein (Buffalo Mine; Monarch Mine; Talache Mine)
Jessie Benton Mine (Bixby Group)
Monarch Mine

Latitude: 43°47'29"N
Longitude: 115°6'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.791388888889,-115.11638888889
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: Ag As Cu Fe O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCopperNonePolybasitePyriteQuartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12076762793
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS21207676300
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1207676716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31207676733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32207676,2076781425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120767639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120767661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2207676,2076775186
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41207676586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1207676332


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050306Atlanta, Atlanta District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050306

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