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Locality Name:
Copper Basin District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Basin District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Anderson Prospect
Candy Cane Group
Copper Basin Mine (Reed And Davidson Property)
Cornhusker Prospect (Candy Cane North)
Gamebet Claim Group (Lambert Property)
Reed And Davidson Mine
Rosenkranze Mine (Rosenkrans Property)
Starr-Hope Claim (Star Hope Claim; Star Of Hope; Gold Dollar Claim)
Unnamed Lead Prospect (Copper Basin Knob Adit; MRDS - 10265394)
Unnamed Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10143628)
Unnamed Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10143916)
Upper Lake Creek

Latitude: 43°44'30"N
Longitude: 113°50'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.741666666667,-113.84611111111
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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612069211633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120691827198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62206918,2069214135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120692324243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42206918,20692114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120691812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22206918,20692339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22206918,20692361156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12069232473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120692321482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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