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Locality Name:
Mayflower Prospect (West Mayflower Mine), Norwegian Mining District (Whitehall Mining District), Madison Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 63352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mayflower Prospect (West Mayflower Mine), Norwegian Mining District (Whitehall Mining District), Madison Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°47'38"N
Longitude: 112°'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.793888888889,-112.00083333333

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteApatiteBrackebuschiteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDescloiziteMalachiteMarcasite
MeloniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Benleonardite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calderónite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tangeite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S707002793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe70700489
Benleonardite  (*)PolybasiteAg15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te47070020
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe270700361
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)7070029
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S707005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27070027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe70700169
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS707004165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)70700378
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1270700663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7070024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu7070030554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O707001689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te70700804
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2707005674
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)27070034
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)37070067
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe270700409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27070039462
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)270700253
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7070021482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)7070092
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe470700337
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)7070060
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe70700190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13707005317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl70700605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4707001655



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-001867070      YesMolybdenite, Powellite, WulfeniteMo23236Madison Co., Montana, USAMadison CountyGammons et al. (2006)10.1007/s10230-006-0113-7MWE25_70 


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