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Locality Name:
Fort Hall District, Bannock Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fort Hall District, Bannock Co., Idaho, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Ash Grove West Inc.
Bell Marsh Queen Mine
Cherry Creek Prospect
Crystal Dome Placer
Daisy Mard Prospect
Dwms Prospect
Evans Mine (Banida Lode)
Fish Haven Dolomite Occurrence
Fort Hall Mine
Garden City Dolomite Prospect
Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10120155)
High Noon Prospect
Idaho Portland Cement Company Quarry
Inkom Quarry
Jack R. Parsons Construction Company
Lava Hot Springs
Lead Draw
Lost Horse Mine
Lyonclaw Mine (Pat Mahoney Incline)
Marble Deposit (MRDS - 10093477)
Mink Creek Prospect
Mink Creek Slate Quarry
Moonlight Mine (Lion Group)
Mountain Spring Prospect
Neney Prospect
Old Mine Workings (MRDS - 10070375)
Papoose Creek
Saturday Group Occurrence
Siebert Nichols Prospect
Sunday Group Occurrence
Weaver Aluminum Claims (Buck No. 1 And No. 2 Claims)
Wells Cargo Quartzite
Wonder Insulation Building Stone Quarry

Latitude: 42°41'7"N
Longitude: 112°14'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.685277777778,-112.24722222222

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 C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrochantiteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42204235,2042395516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612042391633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2204218,2042395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26204218,204225,204228,204235,204239,20424027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2204235,2042403846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5204223,204225,204228,204235,20423924243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23204218,204225,20423912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23204218,204225,20424239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27204218,204225,204228,204235,204239,204240,20424261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12042425186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12042391101



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