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Locality Name:
Murray, Murray District (Summit District), Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 54505
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54505.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murray, Murray District (Summit District), Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Buckeye Mine (Buckeye Boy Mine)
Friday Mine (Golden Winnie Mine)
Tiger Group
Wesp Gulch

Latitude: 47°37'47"N
Longitude: 115°51'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.629722222222,-115.86583333333
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)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)22211301,2113033092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3211299,211300,2113019052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24211299,211300,211301,21130327198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4211299,211300,211301,21130324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2211299,21130330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121130314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43211299,211300,21130114899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24211299,211300,211301,21130339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84211299,211300,211301,2113039056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24211299,211300,211301,21130361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2211300,2113034894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12112995186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4211299,211300,211301,21130321482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312113035317


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