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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

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 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: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperMiniumNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSartoriteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite
Wollastonite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12049792793
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212049873092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12049879052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)120498111547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111204987843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5204978,204979,204982,204983,20498527770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23204979,204983,20498527198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12049831382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12049812600
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612049854135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212049879895
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5034
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5204979,204982,204983,204985,20498724243
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12049781271
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41204982247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26204979,204981,204982,204983,204984,20498539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26204979,204981,204982,204983,204985,20498761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3204979,204982,2049856417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2204979,2049835186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6204979,204981,204982,204983,204985,20498721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312049873418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133204979,204982,2049855317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212049852562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312049851247



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