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Locality Name:
Tenmile District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tenmile District, Idaho Co., Idaho, USA": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
Baker's Lode
Black Lady Mine
Blackbird Mine
Blue Quartz Prospect (Illinois)
Buckeye Placer
Buckhorn Deposit (Equator)
Buffalo - Idaho Mine (Gold King; Mackay)
Center Star Mine
Coeur D'Alene Mine
Crooked River Placer (Gold Point Claims; Lux; Hi - Lo; Riverside; Mt. Carmel Black Sand; Blue Moon; Alma; Ramona; Vista)
Fourmile Mine
Gilt Edge Mine
Golden Age Prospect (Meadow Creek; Easter Mine)
Haystack Mine
Iron Crown Mine
Keyes Placer (Blue Bird)
Legget Creek Placer
Leggett Prospect
Little Leggett Placer Mine
Lone Pine Mine (Harmon - Morrow)
Lower Quarry Prospect
Lucky Strike
Lucky Win Mine
Mackey Mine
Meador Placer Mine
Mill Quartz
Moose Creek Placer (Virginia City Group)
New York Mine (Shamrock; Anaconda & Illinois Claims Included)
News Prospect
Newsome And Leggett Creek Placer
Newsome Creek Placers
Newsome Creek Prospect
Newsome House Placer
Old Montana Placer (Idaho; Montana; Sacajawea)
Pioneer Placer
Scheelite Mine
Sentinel Mine
Six Mile Mine
South Fork Mine
Tippie Placer
Trout Group
Tungstar Mine (Mullin Mines Inc.; Fall Creek Prospect)
Unnamed Gold Location (MRDS - 10192442)
Upper Leggett Prospect No. 1
Upper Leggett Prospect No. 2
Upper Leggett Quarry
Upper Sawmill Creek Placer
Victory Creek Placer
West Fork Sawmill Creek Placer
Wild Hope Mine
Windmiser Placer
Wonder Mine
Zenith Mine

Latitude: 45°49'38"N
Longitude: 115°37'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.827222222222,-115.63138888889
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 As Au Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12087752734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12088069052
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2208775,2087765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25208773,208775,208776,208782,20880627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12087754165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7208775,208776,208779,208780,208787,208795,20880624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11208773,208775,208779,208782,208794,208797,208798,208800,208802,208806,20881830554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312087775433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4120877714899
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21208780409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29208773,208775,208776,208779,208780,208782,208787,208795,20880639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212208773,208775,208776,208777,208779,208780,208782,208787,208795,208802,208806,20880961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2208795,2088094894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5208773,208775,208782,208787,20879521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133208773,208775,2087825317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12087775251


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