Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 16576
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16576.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mullan, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Gold Hunter Mine (Hunter Ranch Property)
Little Giant Lode (Little Giant Mine; Upper Giant Prospect; Upper Giant Mine)
Lucky Friday Mine (Golden Hunter Mine)
Missoula Copper Mine
Morning Mine
National Mine (United Copper Property)
Snowshoe Prospect
Snowstorm Mine
Upper Giant Prospect (Little Giant Lode - No. 3 Tunnel; Upper Giant Mine; Little Giant Mine)

Latitude: 47°28'37"N
Longitude: 115°46'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.476944444444,-115.77194444444

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Penfieldite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	211075	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	211073	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1500	1500	2	211077,211078	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			4	211071,211072,211075,211079	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1500	1500	2	211074,211078	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	211071	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	211073	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	211075	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			4	211072,211073,211075,211079	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1500	1500	3	211076,211077,211078	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1500	1500	7	211071,211073,211074,211075,211076,211077,211078	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1500	1500	1	211078	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1500	1500	2	211074,211078	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1500	1500	1	211078	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1500	1500	2	211077,211078	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			6	211071,211072,211073,211074,211075,211076	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	211072	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	211073	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	211072	14640
Jamesite ()*	None	Pb₂ZnFe³⁺₂(Fe³⁺,Zn)₄(AsO₄)₄(OH)₈(OH,O)₂			1	211073	4
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	211073	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	211075	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1500	1500	2	211077,211078	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	211073	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1500	1500	1	211078	17380
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)			1	211072	22
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂			1	211075	158
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	211073	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	211073	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	211071,211073,211075,211076,211077	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			3	211072,211075,211079	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	211073,211075	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1500	1500	7	211071,211072,211073,211074,211075,211076,211078	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1500	1500	4	211071,211073,211075,211078	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1500	1500	2	211075,211078	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	211071,211073,211075	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	211071	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1500	1500	4	211071,211073,211075,211078	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00651	1500	1500	M. Proterozoic										Cu	45680	Snowstorm Mine, Mullan, Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA	Snowstorm	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

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