Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ninemile Creek, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ninemile Creek, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
American Prospect
Black Cloud Creek
Carbon Creek
Custer Peak
Dayrock Mine (Stratten; Option; Galena No. 2; Panhandle; Gayrock Mine; Hornet Vein; Mc Phillips; Ohio Vein)
Interstate-Callahan Mine
Rex Mine (Parrott Mine; Amazon Mine; Idora Mine; Carlisle Mine; Interstate Mine; Mt Goat Lease; Sixteen-To-One Mine; Nepsic Mine; North)
Success Mine (Granite Mine; American Mine; Alameda Mine)
Sunset Peak

Latitude: 47°32'1"N
Longitude: 115°52'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.533611111111,-115.87194444444

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-anthophyllite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	211089,211095	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	211096	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	211094	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	211089,211094,211095,211096	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	211089,211091,211092,211094,211095,211097,211098,211100	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	211097,211098	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	211097,211098,211100	8173
Ferro-anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	211094	5
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	211087,211089,211091,211092,211094,211095,211096,211097,211098,211100	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	211087,211094,211097	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	211091,211094,211097,211098,211100	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	211087,211095	17380
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	211094	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	211087,211089,211091,211092,211094,211095,211096,211097,211098,211100	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	211091,211094,211096,211097,211098,211100	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	211087,211089,211091,211092,211094,211095,211096,211097,211098,211100	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	8	211089,211091,211092,211094,211095,211096,211097,211098	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	211094	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	211089,211091,211092,211094,211095,211096,211097,211098,211100	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	211089,211095,211097,211098	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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