Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hercules Mine, Canyon Creek, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 45668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hercules Mine, Canyon Creek, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°32'34"N
Longitude: 115°49'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.542777777778,-115.81805555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Linarite
Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Linarite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Linarite
Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrochlore Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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