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Locality Name:
Camas District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camas District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Black Cinder Mine
Burning Moscow - Flemming Prospect
Champlain Mine
Golden Star Mine
Happy Day Mine
Jumbo Mine
Mattair-Powell Prospect (Idaho Bell; Jennie Mae Claims)
Oriental Mine
Red Rock Mine
Rock Creek Placer
Sunite Pumice Mine
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10119781)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10119874)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10143838)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10192636)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10192947)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10240956)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10241403)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10265240)
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10192972)
Winner Prospect (Jennie May)

Latitude: 43°24'26"N
Longitude: 114°27'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.407222222222,-114.46222222222
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: Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedriteTitanite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212044745509
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24204467,204470,204471,20448727198
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1204471345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5204467,204471,204472,204474,20448724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3204468,204469,20447230554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22204474,20448712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212044715800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26204469,204470,204471,204472,204474,20448739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29204467,204468,204469,204470,204471,204472,204474,204475,20448761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12044676417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2204467,20447421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312044745317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12044764899


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