Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nicholia District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nicholia District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Eidelman Property
Enterprise Property
Ida Prospect (Salmon Lode)
Irene Mining Claim
Italian Peak RARE II Area
Lena Delta Mine

Latitude: 44°21'36"N
Longitude: 112°57'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.36,-112.96361111111

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
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: C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	210121	2734
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	210121,210122	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	210112,210113,210116,210117,210121	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	210121	12537
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	210121	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	210121	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	210121	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	210121	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	210121	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	210122	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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