Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 51502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pine Creek Basin, Pine Creek District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Black Diamond Prospect (Patricia)
Colusa Prospect (Leuschel N. P. Lease)
Equitable Prospect
Little Pittsburg Mine (Cougar; Mascot Silver Lead)
Nabob Mine (Denver Mine)
Palisade Prospect

Latitude: 47°26'35"N
Longitude: 116°15'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.443055555556,-116.26277777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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	211338,211339	3092
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	211335,211336,211337,211338,211339,211340	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	211338,211339	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	211340	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	211340	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	211339	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	211337,211338,211339	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	211338,211339	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	211335,211336,211339,211340	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6	211335,211336,211337,211338,211339,211340	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	211339	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	211338,211339	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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