Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Spring Mountain District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spring Mountain District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 38
Child Localities:
Argalite Prospect
Bear Hat Occurrence
Bruce Canyon
Bruce Estate Deposit (Bruce - Stone Copper Group)
Colorado Group
Copper Bluff Mine (Mountain Bill; Copper Bell; Bornite; Copper King; Bell Mountain)
Davis Canyon Prospect
Dividend Mine (Ollie; Dave; Tara Lyn Claims; Edna; Warm Creek Silver; Big Smokey)
Elizabeth Mine (Sand Carbonate)
Excelsior (Relief; Rex Millsite; Winnie; Winnie Millsite; Newport; Constance Millsite; Annex; Pay Rock; Weiss; Apex; War Eagle)
Fish Haven Dolomite Occurrence
Galena Prospect
Hahn Prospect
Hope Nos. 1-3 Prospect
Iron Mask Mine (Valley View)
Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10291008)
Italian Peak RARE II Area
Lady May Prospect
Lemhi Range Occurrence
Lemhi Union Mine
Little Windy Prospect (Silverside Prospect)
Lost Cabin Prospect
Magpie Springs Prospect
Mammoth Canyon Prospect No. 1
Mammoth Canyon Prospect No. 2
Mammoth Canyon Prospect No. 3
Martha Vein (Allie Mining Company)
Pittsburg-Idaho Mine (Silver Dollar; 16 To 1; Gilmore; Neversweat; United Idaho Mining Company; Silver Dollar Prospect; Martha Claim; Roy Lauer Claim)
Procupine (Silver Consolidated Mines)
Quartzite Canyon
Red Warrior Occurrence (Sunrise Nos. 1-3; Red Warrior)
Silver Bell Prospect
Silver Consolidated Mines (Silver Reef; Teddy 0160590820; Sunset; Sunrise Red Warrior - 0160590493; Red Bird; Elizabeth 0160590821; Porcupine 2300' Adit 0160590325; Medicine)
Sims Magnetite Deposit (Tempest; Divide; Hematite; Sunny Side; Bruce; Old Timer)
Teddy Mine (Medicine)
Wanda Loy Prospect
Warm Creek Prospect
Worthing-Kaufman Mine (Weaver; Worthing; Kaufman; Cabin)

Latitude: 44°19'59"N
Longitude: 113°14'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.333055555556,-113.23722222222

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Garnet	Humite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Mica	Minium
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinohumite ()*
Clintonite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meionite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Minium ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*
Vanadinite ()*

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ca Cl F O P Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Garnet Humite Ludwigite Malachite Mica Minium
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	210209,210218	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	210218	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	210207	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	210206,210207,210208,210213,210218,210232,210235	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	210218	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	210207,210208,210211	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	210207,210209,210217,210218	3531
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	210235	236
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	210235	86
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	210218	378
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	210207,210208,210235	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	210218,210236	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	210207,210209	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	210206,210207,210235	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	210208,210211,210212,210213,210215,210218,210224,210231,210232,210236,210240	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	210218	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	210231	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	210235	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	210207	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	210217,210218,210232	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	210213,210218,210232	1689
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	210235	1271
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	3	210206,210207,210235	134
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	210235	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	210206,210207,210235	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	210207,210209,210217,210218	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	210235	176
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	210235	425
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	210232	247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	210208	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	210235	1236
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	210235	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	210208,210231,210232	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	210232	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	210207,210211,210217,210218	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	210213,210218	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	210232	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	210232	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	4	210206,210207,210208,210235	1934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	210211	5317
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	210235	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	210207	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	210218	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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