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


mindat Locality ID: 39617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Hill District, Washington Co., Idaho, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Azurite Prospect (Salyer)
Bell Mine (Silver Bell)
Black Hawk Mine
Black Jack Prospect
Boone Mine (Boon)
Con Dor Mine (Condor; Jessie)
Dennett Creek Prospect
Eagan Mine (Egan)
Enterprise Mine
Gold Peak
Gypsum Mine (MRDS - 10079113)
Held Occurrence
J. G. Hill Prospect
King Prospect (Silver King)
Liberty Mine
Mariah Mine (Maria; Black Maria)
McCurkle - Shane Mine (McCorkle Mine)
Silica Prospect
Silver Still Gypsum (Gypsum Mine)
Silver Still Mine (North Star Property)
Tate Prospect
Thorn Spring Prospect
Unknown Aggregate - Light Weight (MRDS - 10217946)
Unnamed Gypsum-Anhydrite Location (MRDS - 10193605)

Latitude: 44°33'48"N
Longitude: 117°3'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.563333333333,-117.05722222222
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: As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeEnargiteGypsum
MalachiteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121217911547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111212191843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS312121911089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10212173,212174,212176,212177,212179,212180,212185,212186,212187,21219127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216212172,212173,212174,212175,212176,212177,212178,212179,212180,212185,212186,212187,212188,212191,212192,21219327198
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41212191910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8212173,212174,212176,212179,212180,212186,212187,21219124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12121937437
Gold  (*)CopperAu121217730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2212173,2121826890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121217714640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612121932228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121219314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22212172,21219312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23212173,212187,2121915674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216212172,212173,212174,212175,212176,212177,212178,212179,212180,212185,212186,212187,212188,212191,212192,21219339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214212172,212173,212174,212175,212176,212177,212178,212179,212180,212185,212186,212191,212192,21219361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12121796417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15212172,212173,212174,212175,212176,212177,212178,212179,212180,212185,212186,212187,212191,212192,21219321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41212191668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S139212173,212174,212176,212179,212180,212185,212186,212187,2121915317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS3212174,212187,212191372


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