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Locality Name:
Buffalo Hump District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buffalo Hump District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 38
Child Localities:
Ajax Occurrence
Alhambra Prospect
Atlas
Big Buffalo Mine
Blue Jay Mine/Sterling Silver Nos. 1; 2; And 3
Buffalo Chief Occurrence
California
Colonel Occurrence
Cracker Jack Mine
Dewey Occurrence
Dice Occurrence
Dobbins Occurrence
Elizabeth Occurrence
Fortune Deposit
Gold Crown Deposit
Gold Hill Claims
Golden Crown Occurrence
Jumbo Mine
Lost Lake Occurrence
Lucky Lad Occurrence (Alligator)
Monte Cristo Prospect
Mother Lode Prospect (Concord)
North Star Mine
Phoenix Fraction Occurrence
Red Ledge Nos. 1; 2; 3 Claims
San Francisco Prospect
Spokane Prospect
St. Louis Prospect
St. Paul Prospect (Alhambra)
Tiger Prospect
Union Jack Deposit
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10120120)
Venture Prospect (Del Rio)
Vesuvius Mine (Big Buffalo)
War Eagle Mine (Blue Bell Claim)
War Eagle Mine (Little Bear Claims)
Winslow Prospect
Wiseboy Mine

Latitude: 45°35'1"N
Longitude: 115°39'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.583611111111,-115.66027777778
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 Ca Cu Fe H Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12080692793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12080698803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213208044,208049,208052,208055,208056,208060,208061,208062,208063,208064,208067,208068,20806927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10208049,208052,208055,208056,208060,208062,208063,208067,208068,2080694165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12080598173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10208044,208049,208055,208056,208060,208062,208063,208067,208068,20806924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5208044,208061,208064,208068,20806930554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120806914899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212080675800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212208043,208049,208052,208055,208056,208059,208060,208062,208063,208067,208068,20806939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212208043,208049,208052,208055,208056,208059,208060,208062,208063,208067,208068,20806961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10208044,208049,208055,208060,208061,208062,208063,208064,208068,20806921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1313208043,208044,208049,208052,208055,208056,208060,208061,208062,208063,208064,208068,2080695317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12080591059
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12080695251


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