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Locality Name:
Elk City District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elk City District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA": 91
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 91

Number of Child Localities: 91
Child Localities:
Alberta Prospect
Alice Prospect
Allamance Mine (Blue Dragon; Alliance)
Altemont Prospect
American Eagle Mine
American Eagle Placer Claims
American Hill Placer
American Placer (Golden Rule)
Baboon Placer
Behrens Placer
Bigfoot Mine No. 1
Black Pine Mine
Blue Ribbon Prospect
Brown Bear Prospect
Buffalo Hill Placer (Elk City; Elk City Mine; Buffalo Gulch Mine; Buffalo Gulch Project; Buffalo Gulch Dredge)
Buster Mine
Busy Beaver Placer
Cal-Idaho Placer (Gold Hill)
Campbell Creek Placer
Congress Group Placer
Deadwood Mountain (Deadwood)
Diamond Drill Mine
Dyer Placer
Elizabeth Placer
Elk City Mines Buffalo Gulch (Friday Group; Elk City; Ericson Reef; Buffalo Hill Placer 0160490059; Buffalo Gulch; Buffalo Gulch Dredge Tailings; Buffalo Gulch Mine)
Erickson Reef Placer (Buffalo Gulch Mine - 0160490059; Iron Lode)
Forest Service Administrative Land Placer
French Gulch Placer (Myke; Quail Placer Claims; Peace J.)
Friday Claims (Friday; Friday Nos. 1 And 2; Buffalo Gulch Mine - 0160490049)
Frisco
Frisco Prospect
Frustration Placer
George Prezel Placer
Gibler - Homestead Placer
Happy Day Placer
Hercules Prospect
Hoffstetter Occurrence
Hope Mine
Idaho Consolidated Copper Company Occurrence
J And M Placer Claim (Gold Point)
Johnson Mining
Johnson Placer (Homesteads No. 45 And 64)
Kitchen Homestead Placer
Little Butte
Little Moose Placer
Little Occo Occurrence (Rainbow Creek)
Madre D'Oro Prospect
Major Claim
Mary K Mine (Black Pine)
Mascot Mine (Blue Bell; Del Rio; Gold Coin)
Mineral Zone Mine (Colonel Sellers)
Mineral Zone Placer (Mineral Zone 0160490064; Gold Zone)
Mother Lode Mine (General Grant)
Mountain Placer
Mt Vernon Dredge
Nitz Placer
Old Lemroe Deposit
Paddy And Twilla Claims
Parr Occurrence
Pasadena Prospect
Patrin Placer Claims
Pioneer Deposit
Rand Prospect
Rare Find No. 3 Placer Claim
Rare Find Wedge And Rare Find Group No. 1 Placer Claims
Red Bee Placer
Red Horse No. 1 And No. 2 Placer Claims
Red River Placers
Red River Rock Quarry
Red River Stibnite Deposit
Revenue Prospect (California)
Rob Roy Occurrence
Ross And Ross No. 1 Placer Claims
Seigel Creek Placer
Shamrock Placer
Shuck Placer
Siegle Creek Placer (Formerly Part Of American Eagle Placer)
Smith Gold Placer
Smith Placer (Erricson Creek)
Snowstorm Deposit
Strickna
Ten Million Prospect (Uncle Sam)
Tiernan Hill Occurrence
Tiernan Hill Placer
Toby Occurrence (Baker Gulch)
Tyee Mining Company Porperty Occurrence
Tyee Placer
Union Occurrence (Mohawk)
Upper Red River Placers
Upper Siegal Creek Mine No. 3
Whitaker Deposit

Latitude: 45°48'16"N
Longitude: 115°25'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.804444444444,-115.42416666667
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 Au Ca Ce Cu Fe Nb O Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBranneriteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12083272793
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61208343248
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12082925707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS223208257,208258,208259,208260,208261,208269,208270,208272,208287,208292,208294,208303,208305,208306,208307,208309,208313,208316,208318,208319,208336,208338,20834727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12082924165
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61208343414
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5208261,208268,208292,208305,20832724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu52208257,208258,208259,208260,208261,208262,208263,208264,208266,208268,208269,208270,208271,208272,208273,208274,208276,208280,208283,208287,208288,208289,208290,208291,208292,208294,208296,208298,208299,208304,208305,208306,208307,208309,208312,208313,208314,208316,208317,208318,208319,208320,208321,208329,208331,208332,208333,208335,208336,208338,208340,20834730554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312083435433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120834314899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS222208257,208258,208259,208260,208261,208268,208269,208272,208287,208292,208303,208305,208306,208307,208309,208313,208316,208318,208319,208336,208338,20834739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218208257,208258,208259,208261,208268,208269,208270,208272,208292,208304,208305,208306,208307,208316,208319,208327,208338,20834761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS24208257,208258,208259,208260,208261,208268,208269,208270,208272,208287,208292,208294,208303,208305,208306,208307,208309,208313,208316,208318,208319,208336,208338,20834721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312083273418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1324208257,208258,208259,208260,208261,208268,208269,208270,208272,208287,208292,208294,208303,208305,208306,208307,208309,208313,208316,208318,208319,208336,208338,2083475317


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