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Locality Name:
Yellow Jacket District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39602
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39602.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellow Jacket District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Black Eagle Mine
Blue Jacket
Blue Jacket Prospect (Tramway)
Bryan Mine (Brough Property)
Columbia Mine (New Columbia)
Copper Glance Mine (Idaho)
Crackerjack Prospect (Cracker Jack)
Daniel Prospect
Diamond Queen
Gladstone Gulch
Gold Bug Occurrence
Gold Chain Placer
Grubstake Occurrence
High Bar
Hintz Prospect
Hisey Prospect (Ohio; Mammoth Occurrence)
Hoot Owl Prospect
Jaybird Prospect (Jay Bird/Iron Lode)
Lead Star Mine (Ridge; Comeback Mine)
Liberty Mine (Silver Moon)
Merrit Mine
Parks Prospect
Pitkin
Red Jacket Prospect
Slaughterhouse Occurrence
Snowstorm Prospects (Brough Property; Leonard; Bryan Mine)
Steen Family
Steen Group
Steen Mine (Continental; Steen Group; Forney-Yelllow Jacket; Broken Hill; Liberty; Lincoln)
Tin Cup Mine
Tramway
White Rabbit Prospect
Yellow Jacket Mine

Latitude: 45°0'22"N
Longitude: 114°31'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.006111111111,-114.52555555556
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: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDescloiziteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12103012734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121027711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6210273,210277,210292,210301,210302,21030327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4210276,210278,210292,2102965707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216210273,210276,210277,210278,210282,210287,210291,210292,210294,210296,210298,210301,210302,210305,210306,21030827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O5210277,210278,210298,210301,2103033531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12103032970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1210292378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17210274,210277,210278,210282,210291,210292,210295,210296,210298,210299,210301,210302,210303,210305,210306,210307,21030824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33210273,210291,21030814640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28210277,210278,210291,210292,210296,210298,210301,21030312537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1210273770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211210277,210278,210292,210294,210296,210298,210301,210302,210303,210305,21030839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214210273,210276,210277,210278,210287,210292,210294,210296,210298,210301,210302,210303,210305,21030861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4210273,210278,210292,2103056417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2210273,21029621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136210277,210278,210291,210292,210301,2103025317


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