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


mindat Locality ID: 54507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pine Creek, Pine Creek District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Coeur D'Alene Antimony Mine
Constitution Mine
Corby Prospect
Douglas Mine (East Mine)

Latitude: 47°29'10"N
Longitude: 116°12'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.486111111111,-116.20944444444
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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)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)22211331,2113333092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12113329052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2211331,21133327770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41211330352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22211331,21133327198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2211331,21133324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu121133030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22211331,2113335674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23211330,211331,21133339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82211331,2113339056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23211330,211331,21133361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2211331,2113336417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3211330,211331,21133321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312113303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132211331,2113335317


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