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Locality Name:
Scratch Awl Mine (Scratch All Mine; Silver Prince; Cliff; Salmon; Blackmail Mine), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 45243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scratch Awl Mine (Scratch All Mine; Silver Prince; Cliff; Salmon; Blackmail Mine), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unnamed Dump

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V 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 V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopper
CoronaditeCovelliteEnargiteFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsendescloizite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bayldonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)020
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)20172
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12287274979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1228727197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161228727227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS122872724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4122872773
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2122872761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2028


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