Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mineral Hill District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 39598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Hill District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Be Van Mine (Indian Creek Mine; White Christmas)
Bear Gulch Placer
Big Lead Mine (Langal)
Boulder
Coan Property
Dug Out
Fool Hen Gulch Placer
Glenan Pegmatite Occurrence (Lost Packer)
Gold Hill Mine
Grunter Mine (Shoup; Kentuck Mine)
Idaho Primitive Area
Isis Claim
Jameieson Deposit
Kentuck Mine
Monazite Queen Claims
Monolith Group Mine
Montana Occurrence
Nabob Mine
Rowe Property
Salmon Canyon Mine (Shoup Operations; Jeep Nos. 1-10 Lode Claims; Salmon Canyon Copper Company)
Salmon River & Galena Pegmatite Prospect
South Ida Occurrence
Spring Creek Occurrence
Unnamed Niobium (Columbium) Occurrence (MRDS - 10169153)

Latitude: 45°23'28"N
Longitude: 114°18'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.391111111111,-114.30888888889

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	210091	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	210090	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	210081,210084,210091	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	210081,210096	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			8	210074,210076,210081,210084,210085,210090,210092,210095	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	90	65	3	210078,210081,210084	30554
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	210081	469
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	210074,210081,210084,210091	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	210099	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			1	210099	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			6	210074,210076,210081,210084,210092,210095	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			9	210074,210076,210081,210084,210085,210090,210091,210092,210095	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	210088	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	210081	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	210074,210076,210081,210084,210088,210090,210091,210092,210095	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	210091	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	210081	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	210091	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	210081,210084,210090,210092	21482

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Prioritized?	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
ree-00693	541	541	Precambrian	low		39598	Mineral Hill District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA	Mineral Hill District	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00691	541	541	Precambrian	low		135792	Be Van Mine (Indian Creek Mine; White Christmas), Mineral Hill District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA	Indian Creek District	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
NAVDAT-49627	90	65	77+13/-12		49627	137359	Fool Hen Gulch Placer, Mineral Hill District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51372	90	65	77+13/-12		51372	137359	Fool Hen Gulch Placer, Mineral Hill District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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