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Locality Name:
Sawtooth District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 273449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sawtooth District, Blaine Co., Idaho, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ajax Prospect
Beaver Creek
Enfeldt Prospect
Eureka Gulch
Eureka Prospect
Fault Zone Deposit
Glory Group Prospect
Lone Jack Mine (Lone Jack Group)
Old Grandad Mine (Bonnie Bell)
Section 8 Prospect
Section 8 Prospect No. 2
Sunbeam And Pride Of The West Prospect
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10217058)

Latitude: 43°51'58"N
Longitude: 114°54'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.866111111111,-114.90666666667
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 As Au C Ca Cl Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteClayCopperMicaMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibnite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3204819,204820,2048212793
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1204832379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12048209052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120481927770
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12048211382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3204820,204829,20483224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2204831,20483230554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212048285800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120482017380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS34204818,204819,204820,204821733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33204819,204820,2048211425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24204820,204828,204831,20483239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26204819,204820,204821,204828,204831,20483261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12048206417
Silver  (*)CopperAg4204818,204819,204831,2048325186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3204820,204821,20483221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41204819586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33204819,204821,2048293418


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