Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3751
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3751.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wood River District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bellvue King Prospect
Bullion Mine
Hailey
Jay Gould Mine
Jennie P. Prospect (Jennie R. Mine; Clarendon Hot Springs; Montezuma)
Muldoon Mine
Red Elephant Mine
Sun Valley

Latitude: 43°34'1"N
Longitude: 114°23'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.566944444444,-114.39111111111

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Minium	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*
Galena ()*	Laumontite ()*	Minium ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Minium None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Wollastonite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	204979	2793
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	204987	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	204987	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	204981	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	0		450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	204987	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	204978,204979,204982,204983,204985	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	0		352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	204979,204983,204985	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	204983	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	204981	2600
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	204985	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	204987	9895
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	0		34
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	204979,204982,204983,204985,204987	24243
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	204978	1271
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	204982	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	204979,204981,204982,204983,204984,204985	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	204979,204981,204982,204983,204985,204987	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	204979,204982,204985	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	204979,204983	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	204979,204981,204982,204983,204985,204987	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	204987	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	204979,204982,204985	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	204985	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	204985	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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