Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sage Creek, Sweet Grass Hills, Liberty Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sage Creek, Sweet Grass Hills, Liberty Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Feldspar	None	Pectolite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

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: Al C Ca F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Feldspar None Pectolite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Galena ()*	Narsarsukite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	34
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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