Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 3737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3737.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Copper-Lead Prospect (MRDS - 10119912)
Fairway Occurrence
Hoodoo Prospects (Upper Hoodoo; Lower Hoodoo; Middle Hoodoo)
Slate Creek Placer

Latitude: 44°11'17"N
Longitude: 114°37'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.188055555556,-114.62555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite
Geocronite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Anglesite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Digenite
Geocronite Marcasite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	207351	2734
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	0		53
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	207351	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	207351	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	0		802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	207351	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	0		133
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	207352	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	207352	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	0		784
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	0		234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	207352	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	207351	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	207351	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	207351	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	207351	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	207351	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	207351	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	207352	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	207351	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	207352	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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