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Locality Name:
Horton Mine (Imperial Mine; Midnight Mine; Silver Chief Mine; True Fissure Mine), Durango & Moorlight Group (Durango & Moonlight Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 45241
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45241.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Horton Mine (Imperial Mine; Midnight Mine; Silver Chief Mine; True Fissure Mine), Durango & Moorlight Group (Durango & Moonlight Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°20'5"N
Longitude: 113°15'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.334722222222,-113.265
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteApatiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteFluoriteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Duftite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O0197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4073
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x0121
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433


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