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Locality Name:
Caledonia Mine (Caladonian Mine), Kellogg, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 9509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caledonia Mine (Caladonian Mine), Kellogg, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Omaha Prospect
Sandow Tunnel (Bunker Hill? Yreka United?)

Latitude: 47°31'11"N
Longitude: 115°59'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.519722222222,-115.98555555556
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 C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDiaspore
LinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SulphurTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO0202
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO20158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2211001,2110021725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS0332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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