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Locality Name:
Black Jack Mine-Trade Dollar Mine (Blaine; Empire State; Colorado; Alpine; Blaine Extension; Jumbo; South Pluto; Belfast; Black Bart; Fraction; Caroline; Phillip; Sullivan), Silver City District (Carson District), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA


mindat Locality ID: 45647
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45647.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Jack Mine-Trade Dollar Mine (Blaine; Empire State; Colorado; Alpine; Blaine Extension; Jumbo; South Pluto; Belfast; Black Bart; Fraction; Caroline; Phillip; Sullivan), Silver City District (Carson District), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteVivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O085
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se0192
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


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