Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Snowstorm Mine, Mullan, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 45680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45680.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 47°28'53"N
Longitude: 115°43'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.481388888889,-115.72861111111

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Quartz Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1500	1500	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1500	1500	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1500	1500	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1500	1500	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1500	1500	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1500	1500	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1500	1500	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1500	1500	2970
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1500	1500	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1500	1500	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1500	1500	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1500	1500	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1500	1500	5186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1500	1500	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00651	1500	1500	M. Proterozoic										Cu	45680	Snowstorm Mine, Mullan, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA	Snowstorm	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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