Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Little North Fork River, Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA

mindat Locality ID: 47603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little North Fork River, Kootenai Co., Idaho, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Granite Mine
Hamburg-American Mine
Handspike Mine (Little North Fork Mining Company)
Horseshoe Mine
Idaho Queen Mine
Riverside Mine

Latitude: 47°42'26"N
Longitude: 116°23'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.707222222222,-116.38666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	209060,209061	3092
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	209061	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	209059,209060,209061,209062,209063,209064	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	209060,209064	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	209061,209064	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	209059,209060,209061,209062,209063,209064	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	209059,209060,209061,209062,209063,209064	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6	209059,209060,209061,209062,209063,209064	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	209060,209064	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	209064	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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