Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Volcano District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39500
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39500.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Volcano District, Elmore Co., Idaho, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine (MRDS - 10105677)
Bowerman Mine
Holly Mine
Index Mine
Jacobs Prospect
Old Glory Mine
Revenue Mine
Volcano Mine

Latitude: 43°14'26"N
Longitude: 115°11'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.240555555556,-115.19833333333

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel

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 Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	207886,207887,207888,207889,207890,207891,207892,207893	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	207886,207887,207888,207889,207890,207891,207892,207893	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	207891,207892	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	207886,207887,207888,207889,207890,207891,207893	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	207886,207887,207888,207889,207890,207891,207893	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	207886,207888	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	207886,207887,207888,207889,207890,207891,207892,207893	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	207890	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	207886,207887,207888,207889,207890,207891,207892,207893	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	207886,207887,207888,207889,207890,207891,207892,207893	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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