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


mindat Locality ID: 53892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Osburn, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Coeur Mine (Rainbow; Mineral Point)
Con Silver Mine (Silver Summit Mine; Consolidated Mine)
Evolution Mine
Nellie Mine (Wellie Mountain; Yakima-Shoshone Mine)

Latitude: 47°30'6"N
Longitude: 116°'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.501666666667,-116.00666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Galena  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22211107,2111083092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2211107,2111099052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111211107843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121110927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23211107,211108,21110927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12111093846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2211107,21110924243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142211107,211109784
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1211108716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23211107,211108,21110939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12111091725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812111099056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23211107,211108,21110961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2211107,2111086417
Silver  (*)CopperAg12111075186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2211107,21110921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312111073418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133211107,211108,2111095317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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