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Locality Name:
Blue Wing District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39580
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39580.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Wing District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Beverly Ann Prospect (Rosebud Claims; Gini & MacDonald Property)
Compton Claims
General Electric-Miller Mine
Ida Tungsten (Idaho)
Idaho Tungsten Nos. 1-4 And 6-11
Ima Mill Tailings
Ima Nos. 26 ; 30 ; 32 ; 37 And 38
Ima Occurrence (Patterson)
Lemhi Range RARE II Area
Patterson
Prospect (MRDS - 10305147)
Rosebud Claims (Kentuck Mine)
Silver Group
Tungsten Gate
Unnamed Tungsten - Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10242054)

Latitude: 44°32'15"N
Longitude: 113°40'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.5375,-113.67527777778
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClay
ColumbiteCopperCovelliteFeldsparFluoriteLinariteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteTungstite
Vivianite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gratonite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tungstite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12093392734
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31209339544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61209339919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212093395509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21209339172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61209339413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71209339450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412093395516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612093391633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120933927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12093394979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12093395707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1209339194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22209335,20933927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12093391382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12093394165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12093392970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1209339814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212093399617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2209335,20933924243
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S15120933924
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)5209328,209329,209330,209335,209339469
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612093392228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1209339593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21209339987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2120933912537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12093394924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12093391107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22209335,2093395800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31209339140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120933917380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212093392273
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312093391425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120933939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12093391725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24209328,209330,209339,20934161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12093391711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2209339,2093414894
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)61209339134
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12093396417
Silver  (*)CopperAg12093395186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2209335,20933921482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)1209339156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12093392045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312093395317
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O1209339118
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1209339605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412093391655


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