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Bell Cross Prospects (Bell-Cross-Enterprise-Claims), Stanley Basin Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USAi
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Bell Cross Prospects (Bell-Cross-Enterprise-Claims)Group of Prospects
Stanley Basin Mining DistrictMining District
Custer CountyCounty
IdahoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 17' 50'' North , 114° 55' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Prospects
Mindat Locality ID:
135842
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:135842:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA, IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH. 126, P. 58
Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C.M., AND OTHERS, 1974 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLA
Deposit:: IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 117, 1956, P. 21-22.
Deposit:: IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 126, 1962, P. 58.
Deposit:: U.S. BUR. MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3,
Deposit:: NO. 361, P. 188.
Commodities (Major) - Mercury; (Trace) - Mercury, Uranium
Development Status: Occurrence
Structure: Idaho Batholith, Fracture Sets
Host Rock: Quartz Monzonite

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3 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Cinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Uraninite4.DL.05UO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O QuartzSiO2
O UraniniteUO2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S CinnabarHgS
HgMercury
Hg CinnabarHgS
UUranium
U UraniniteUO2

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