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Locality Name:
Dome District, Lemhi Range, Butte Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39424
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39424.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dome District, Lemhi Range, Butte Co., Idaho, USA": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
Ajax Property (Shurman; Pickup; South Creek No. 21)
BC No. 51 Prospect
BC No. 53 Extension Prospect
BC No. 53 Prospect (Black Canyon No. 53 Prospect)
BC No. 65 Prospect
Bighorn Mine (Jernberg; Metta Mine; Buckhorn; Mormon Gulch No. 1-3 Claims)
Black Back Prospect (South Creek No. 143 Claim; South Creek No. 149 Claim; Black Back)
Camp Creek Prospect No. 1
Camp Creek Prospect No. 2
Camp Creek Prospect No. 3
Camp Creek Prospect No. 4
Copper Mountain Mine
Copper Mountain No. 8 Prospect
Eightmile Canyon Placer Prospect
Elbow Quartz Prospect
Fallert Springs Prospect
Great Western Mine (Ingersoll Mine; Lariviere Perdu No. 12-24 Claims)
Johnson Mine (B And N Claim Group; Luscomb)
La Riviere Perdu No. 28 Prospect
La Riviere Perdu No. 6 And 7 Prospect (New York)
Lookout Mine
Lucky Billy Prospect
May Queen Prospect (Ore House No. 24 Claim; May Queen)
Minia Prospect
Nellie Boyd Prospect (Wellie Boyd)
North Creek Canyon
North Star Prospect (North Star; Sunnyside; South Creek No. 107)
Ore House No. 32b Prospect
Pearl Prospect
Protection Prospect (BC No. 23 And 24 Claims; Protection)
Red Ledge No. 3 Prospect
Red Ledge No. 8 Extension Prospect (Red Ledge No. 8; Geological Survey Claims)
Rubie Prospect (Rubie Mine; White Cap)
San Francisco Prospect (Guardian)
Silver King Prospect (South Creek Nos. 90-91; 103-104)
South Creek No. 10 Prospect
South Creek No. 119 Prospect
South Creek No. 121 Prospect
South Creek No. 147 Prospect
South Creek No. 16 Prospect
South Creek No. 24 Prospect
South Creek No. 36 Prospect
South Creek No. 4 Prospect
South Creek No. 61 Prospect
South Creek No. 78 Prospect
South Creek Nos. 71-75; 88-89 Prospect
Sparrow Prospect (Au No. 24 Claim)
UI No. 6 & 7 Prospect (Uncle Ike Creek Prospect)
Waymire Prospect
White Rock Prospect (South Creek No. 153-154 Claims)
Whitebird Deposit (Staley Mine; Part Of Metta Mine-See Bighorn Mine; Mormon Gulch No. 4-7 Claims; Jernberg Mine)
Wilbert Mine (Daisy Black)
Windfall Prospect (Au No. 27 Claim)

Latitude: 43°56'55"N
Longitude: 113°1'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.948611111111,-113.01833333333

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteLinariteMalachiteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2205902,2059382734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2205891,20593711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120593827770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61205938359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2205912,2059384979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12058975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120592127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12058973531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24205897,205902,205916,2059389895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8205886,205891,205897,205912,205916,205936,205937,20593824243
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21205938987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120589712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22205897,20593839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22205891,20593861156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4205891,205903,205912,2059382473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2205912,20593821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312059215317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412059121655



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