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Locality Name:
Flint District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flint District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Big Boy Prospect
Crescent Mine (Birmingham)
Davis Silver Mines Inc
Doughboy Prospect
East Creek Mine
Gray Eagle Claim Mine (Birmingham Group; Glacier Silver Lead Mining Company)
Hornet Claim Prospect
Iva Grace
Jefferson Claim Prospect
Martin Prospect
Nellie Ann Mine
North Extension Of The Silver Queen Claim Mine (Birmingham)
Rising Star Mine (Sherman; Precious Metals; Flint; Perserverance; Leviathan; Rising Sun)
Silver Queen Mine (Birmingham)
Treasure Vault Mine (Twilight; Birmingham)
White Horse

Latitude: 42°56'12"N
Longitude: 116°47'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.936666666667,-116.78722222222
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteXanthoconite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3210470,210481,2104832793
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O121048185
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121048127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24210469,210473,210481,21048327198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4210469,210473,210481,21048324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu7210472,210474,210475,210477,210478,210480,21048230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12104812812
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142210481,210483784
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS23210470,210481,210483300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121048117380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se3210470,210481,210483192
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]3210470,210481,210483716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33210470,210481,2104831425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29210469,210473,210474,210475,210477,210478,210481,210482,21048339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211210469,210470,210472,210473,210474,210475,210477,210478,210481,210482,21048361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg6210474,210475,210477,210478,210480,2104825186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121048321482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS43210470,210481,210483586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32210481,2104823418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS3210470,210481,210483332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132210469,2104735317
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3089


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