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Locality Name:
Bitterroot Divide, Bitterroot Mts, St. Joe District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 288960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bitterroot Divide, Bitterroot Mts, St. Joe District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kelley Creek
Loop Creek

Latitude: 47°21'42"N
Longitude: 115°35'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.361666666667,-115.59027777778
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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61211384919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212113845509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3211381,211382,21138427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23211381,211382,21138427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12113843531
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22211384,21138512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23211381,211382,21138439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24211381,211382,211384,21138561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4211381,211382,211384,2113856417
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O121138484


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