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Locality Name:
South Mountain District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 6238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Mountain District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Bay State Group Mine (Michigan; Illinois; Massachusetts; Oregon; Washington; Tennessee; Idaho)
Boulder Prospect (Humbug)
Copper King Prospect (The Past Mine)
Coxcomb Peak Occurrence
Golconda Mine
Humbug Prospect (Boulder Tunnel)
Independence Shaft (Independent Claim)
Laxey Mine
Monkey Mine
Queen Of The Mountains And Kentuck Claims Mine (Crown Point)
Rocksyfellow Mine
South Mountain Mine (Texas; Golconda; Sonneman; Exploration Company Of California; Laxey)
Standard Shaft Mine
Texas Claim Mine (In Golconda Group)
Tunnel Group Mine (Idaho; Vermont; Maine Claims; Oregon Claims; All Of New York; Parts Of Washington)

Latitude: 42°44'36"N
Longitude: 116°55'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.743333333333,-116.91694444444
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 Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Ca Mg O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteIlvaiteLillianiteLinariteMalachiteMiniumNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gustavite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Minium  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Vikingite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)25210667,210676,210678,210679,2106803419
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)5210667,210671,210675,210677,2106812734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2210667,2106749052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61210674919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212106745509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O75210671,210674,210675,210677,210681450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43210679,210680,2106815516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)8210667,210671,210673,210674,210678,210679,210680,21068127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61210674359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4210667,210671,210674,2106774979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2210679,2106805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210210667,210669,210670,210671,210674,210676,210678,210679,210680,21068127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2210674,2106813531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2210670,2106813846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3210674,210679,2106804165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4210667,210673,210676,2106808173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11210667,210671,210673,210674,210675,210676,210677,210678,210679,210680,21068124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3210670,210679,21068130554
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S60113
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63210671,210674,210679741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32210679,21068114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2210667,2106741689
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)7210667,210671,210673,210674,210676,210678,210679197
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23210674,210675,210678987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24210674,210678,210679,21068012537
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O42210671,210674247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25210667,210669,210676,210680,21068139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12106741725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S88210667,210671,210673,210674,210676,210678,210680,2106819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211210667,210669,210670,210671,210673,210674,210676,210678,210679,210680,21068161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12106766417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)5210667,210678,210679,210680,2106812473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10210667,210670,210671,210673,210674,210676,210678,210679,210680,21068121482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136210667,210669,210676,210679,210680,2106815317
Vikingite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb8Bi13S30027


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