Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pine Creek District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 47620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pine Creek District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Casey Mine
King Mine (E Hypotheek?; New Jersey Cons.?; Polyastics Corp.)
Nevada Stewart Mine (Nevada Stuart)
Pine Creek
Pine Creek Basin
Pinehurst
Ross Fork

Latitude: 47°28'49"N
Longitude: 116°13'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.480277777778,-116.22194444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore
Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Massicot ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tyrolite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Diaspore
Linarite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tyrolite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	211343	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	6	211331,211333,211338,211339,211342,211343	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	211326,211332,211343,211344	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	211343	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	3	211343,211345,211346	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	211331,211333,211342,211343,211350	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	211345	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	211343,211345,211346	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	211330	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	211343,211345	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	211331,211333,211335,211336,211337,211338,211339,211340,211342,211343,211344,211345	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	211343	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9	211331,211333,211338,211339,211342,211343,211345,211346,211349	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	211340	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	211330,211347	30554
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	211345	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	211345	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	211340	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	211343,211345	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	211331,211333,211339,211342	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	3	211343,211345,211346	202
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	211328,211330,211331,211333,211337,211338,211339,211342,211343,211344,211345,211346,211347	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	211343,211345,211346	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9	211328,211331,211333,211338,211339,211342,211343,211345,211346	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	211328,211330,211331,211333,211335,211336,211339,211340,211342,211343,211344,211345,211346,211347	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	12	211328,211331,211333,211335,211336,211337,211338,211339,211340,211342,211343,211346	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	211328,211339	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	12	211328,211330,211331,211333,211338,211339,211342,211343,211345,211346,211347,211349	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5	211328,211330,211347,211349,211350	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	211331,211333,211342,211343	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	211344	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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