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Locality Name:
Stanley Basin District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 95
Youngest recorded age at locality: 72

mindat Locality ID: 68967
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68967.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stanley Basin District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 111
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 108

Number of Child Localities: 104
Child Localities:
Abbie Lou Prospects (Abbielou)
Alpine Lake Area Prospect
Alta Prospects
Aspen No. 4 Prospects
Aspen Prospect
B And R Prospect
Baker And Potato Hill Mine
Bell Cross Prospects (Bell-Cross-Enterprise-Claims)
Big Casino Creek Placer
Big Casino Prospect
Big Hank Prospect (Little Spring; Side Hill; Pine Hen)
Black Cube Prospect
Blind Ledge North Prospect
Blind Ledge Prospect
Buckley Bar Placer
Chinese Workings
Coal Creek Mine
Coal Creek Mine (No. 1; No. 10 Claims; No. 4)
Copper Creek
Deer Strike And Elk Mine
Doran Gulch Placer
East Basin Mine
East Storlie Prospect
Elk Creek Placer
Elk Creek Prospect (Shirley Ann; Dukes Mixture Nos. 1; 2; 3)
Elkhorn Claims
Enterprise Prospects
Flying Dutchmans Nos. 1 & 2
Fool Proof Claims
Four Aces Placer (Four Acre Placer)
Fran Clara Prospect
Fritz Prospect
Gold Chance Mine
Gold Coin Prospect
Golden Anchor Nos. 1; 2; & 3
Golden Day Mine (Golden Ray Mine)
Grand Prize Prospect
Greenback Prospects
Grubstake Occurrence
H And M Prospects (Genesis)
Ham Fat Placer
Hardee Mine
Hide Out Prospect (Lynch Creek)
Horseshoe Claims (Bright Star 6; 10; 15)
Joe's Gulch
Joes Gulch Placer (Lucky Strike; Hot Stuff; Hershey)
Kelley Creek Placer
Kelly & Joe Prospect (T. P. Lode)
Klondyke Prospect
Lightning (Copperite)
Lightning No. 1 Mine
Lightning No. 2 Mine
Lightning No. 3 Prospect
Lightning Upper Pit Mine
Little Casino Creek Placer
Little Joe Prospect
Little Pete Occurrence
Lone Star
Lower Harden Prospect
Lucky Strike Prospects (2)
Lynch Creek Fluorspar Occurrence
Lynch Prospect (Potato Mtn Mine; Day)
Main Diggings Prospects
Mamouth No. 1 Prospect
Mamouth No. 2 Prospect
Mandate Prospect
McClure No. 2 Occurrence (Copper Creek Occurrence)
Meadow Creek Placer
Mormon Bend Placer
Mountain Vein Prospect
Mountain View Group
Nip And Tuck Creek Placer
P And B Prospects (Rocket 1-5 & Saturn)
Poorman Prospect
Prospect (MRDS - 10119628)
Prospect (MRDS - 10168091)
Prospect (MRDS - 10192773)
Prospect (MRDS - 10240906)
Rocket Nos. 1 And 2 Occurrence
Rodman Prospect
Rough Creek Placer
Sawtooth Occurrence
Shamrock Prospect
Shorty Group (Lazy Jack; Sunday)
Silver Dollar Mine (Second Chance)
South Potato Mountain Prospects
Stanley
Stanley Ace Prospects
Stanley Basin
Stanley Lake Creek Outcrop Occurrence
Trail Prospect
Unnamed Antimony Prospect (MRDS - 10265486)
Unnamed Tungsten Prospect (MRDS - 10289948)
Upper Noho Creek Prospect
Upper Ten Prospect
Uranus Prospects
Valley Creek Placer
Vaught Prospect (Gold Coin)
WAJ 151-154 Prospect
Weidman Workings (Sturkey Placer; Starkey Placer)
White Star No. 1 Prospect
Willow Flats Placer (Willis Group; Willow Group)
Wonder 19 Extended Occurrence
Wormak's Dredge Placer

Latitude: 44°15'54"N
Longitude: 114°54'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.265,-114.90444444444

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natroautunite	None
Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Abernathyite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coffinite ()*	Dewindtite ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Autunite Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Natroautunite None
Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Abernathyite ()*	Natroautunite	K(UO₂)(AsO₄)·3H₂O	1	207380	16
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	207382	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	207450,207451	1272
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2	207408,207453	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	207393,207406	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	207446	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	207396	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	4	207367,207381,207408,207453	2600
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2	207377,207380	566
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	2	207450,207451	82
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	2	207408,207453	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9	207379,207393,207403,207416,207421,207422,207449,207452,207464	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	207454,207456	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	207374,207379,207381,207401,207406,207408,207413,207452,207466	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	207454	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	11	207368,207384,207390,207406,207407,207416,207429,207430,207433,207442,207463	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	12	207368,207384,207390,207407,207408,207416,207429,207430,207433,207442,207453,207463	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	207377	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	207393	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	11	207368,207384,207390,207407,207408,207416,207429,207430,207433,207442,207463	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	207394,207435,207454	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	207380,207382,207450,207451	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	207387,207402	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	207413,207443	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	207382,207454	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	207379	2349
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	5	207364,207402,207411,207450,207451	182
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	207428	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	207379,207382,207393,207396,207403,207406,207407,207413,207449,207452,207454,207456,207464	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	207362,207367,207379,207382,207393,207394,207402,207403,207406,207413,207416,207422,207446,207449,207452,207454,207456,207464	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	207408,207453	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	207428	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	207406	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	207456	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	6	207362,207402,207415,207446,207450,207451	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	207379	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	207454	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	11	207368,207384,207390,207407,207408,207416,207429,207430,207433,207442,207463	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	17	207360,207362,207367,207380,207382,207386,207387,207389,207402,207404,207413,207415,207434,207444,207446,207450,207451	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	207362	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	207454	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	207453	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	11	207368,207382,207384,207390,207407,207416,207429,207430,207433,207442,207463	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-20762	95	72	83+12/-11	20762	138898	Mandate Prospect, Stanley Basin District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-20763	95	72	83+12/-11	20763	138898	Mandate Prospect, Stanley Basin District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-20772	85	72	78+7/-6	20772	140468	Shorty Group (Lazy Jack; Sunday), Stanley Basin District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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