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


mindat Locality ID: 39465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39465.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pioneerville District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Comeback Mine
Gem Of The Mountains Mine
Golden Age Mine
Mammoth Mine (Cedar; Fourth Of July Group; Palos Verdes; Etta No. 1)
Overlook Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Pb S Sb Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteKobelliteMicaNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12052302793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12052319052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2205232,20523427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23205230,205232,20523427198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5205230,205231,205232,205233,20523424243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S40192
Gold  (*)CopperAu2205230,20523430554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412052325591
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120523217380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25205230,205231,205232,205233,20523439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24205230,205232,205233,20523461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12052305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4205230,205232,205233,20523421482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133205230,205232,2052345317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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