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Locality Name:
Summit Creek District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 39489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Summit Creek District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Big Pine Group
Black Rock Mine (Black Rock Prospect)
Little Falls Creek Deposit (Purple Spar; Twin Claims)
Long Trail Mine (Long Trail Prospect)
Lucky Strike Prospect (3)
Star No. 1 Prospect
Unnamed Lead Prospect (West Fork Prospect; MRDS - 10240758)
Unnamed Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10192901)
Unnamed Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10241236)
Unnamed Zinc - Copper - Lead - Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10217261)
Unnamed Zinc - Silver - Lead Prospect (MRDS - 10215750)
Washington Basin Deposit (Empire Vein)

Latitude: 43°52'35"N
Longitude: 114°17'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.876388888889,-114.2875
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: Au C Ca Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120747527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120747527198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612074844135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212074759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2207475,20748424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu120748430554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22207475,20748439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812074849056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22207475,20748461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2207475,2074844894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12074752473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2207475,20748421482


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