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Locality Name:
Deer Creek District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 249236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deer Creek District, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Deer Creek Mine
Horseman's Prospect
Mill Creek Limestone

Latitude: 46°7'54"N
Longitude: 116°42'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.131666666667,-116.70888888889
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMeloniteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartz
Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2210359,21036027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22210359,21036027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12103603531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12103603846
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212103605800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22210359,21036039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121035961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2210359,2103606417
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41210359337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212103603337


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