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


mindat Locality ID: 8997
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8997.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Alice Consolidated Mine (Argus; Mullan Silver Lead Company; Alice Silver)
Midnite Mine (Midnight; Lookout Group)
Sherman Mine (Leary Mine)
Stanley Antimony Mine (Stanley Stibnite Mine; Stanley-Hercules)

Latitude: 47°29'28"N
Longitude: 115°47'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.491111111111,-115.79361111111

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 Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperLinariteNickelineNonePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kermesite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12108599052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2210856,21085827770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41210859352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22210856,21085827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12108592600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2210856,21085824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu121085930554
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21210859230
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21210858987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121085814899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23210856,210858,21085939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2210857,2108581725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812108589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24210856,210857,210858,21085961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2210856,2108576417
Silver  (*)CopperAg12108575186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3210856,210858,21085921482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1210859446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312108593418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312108565317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31210859369
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412108581655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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