Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Golden Sunlight Mine (Telluride And Excelsior; Moonlight Buffalo; Blue Moose; Minera Hill; Sunlight), Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30633
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30633.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Sunlight Mine (Telluride And Excelsior; Moonlight Buffalo; Blue Moose; Minera Hill; Sunlight), Whitehall Mining District (Cardwell Mining District), Jefferson Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°54'20"N
Longitude: 112°1'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.905555555556,-112.02111111111

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Buckhornite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Buckhornite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Melonite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Buckhornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Friedrichite ()*	Galena ()*
Gladite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Krennerite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Lindströmite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Buckhornite ()*	Buckhornite	(Pb₂BiS₃)(AuTe₂)	13
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	361
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	169
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	67
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	111
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	80
Lindströmite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅	38
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	589
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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