Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Banner District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39459
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39459.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Banner District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Banner Mine
Crown Point Mine
Poorman Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	None	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Dufrénoysite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Owyheeite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Nb O Pb S Sb Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As H Nb O Pb S Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper None Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

20 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	0		2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	204998	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	204997,204998,204999	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	204997,204998,204999	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	204997,204999	1382
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	0		34
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	204997,204998,204999	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	204997,204998,204999	30554
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	3	204997,204998,204999	300
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	3	204997,204998,204999	89
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	204997,204999	716
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	0		121
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	3	204997,204998,204999	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	204997,204998,204999	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	204998	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	204997,204998,204999	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	204997,204998,204999	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	204997,204998,204999	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	204998	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	204997,204998,204999	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060396	Banner Mine, Banner District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA	https://rruff.info/R060396

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