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Locality Name:
Minnie Moore And Silver Star-Queens Mine (Queen Of The Hills; Relief Claim), Bellevue, Hailey District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 45363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minnie Moore And Silver Star-Queens Mine (Queen Of The Hills; Relief Claim), Bellevue, Hailey District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Minnie Moore Mine
Silver Star-Queens Mine

Latitude: 43°28'13"N
Longitude: 114°17'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.470277777778,-114.28944444444
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 As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayKaoliniteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12045749052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2204574,20457527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120457427198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2204574,20457524243
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1204574144
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212045755674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22204574,20457539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22204574,20457561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2204574,2045756417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2204574,20457521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132204574,2045755317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412045741655


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