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Locality Name:
Castle Mountain Mining District, Meagher Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castle Mountain Mining District, Meagher Co., Montana, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 38
Child Localities:
Alabama-Cleveland Mine (Alabama-Cleveland; Manger Manganese)
Antelope Prospect
Belle-of-the-Castle
Blackhawk-Alice Property (Alice Mine)
Broadway Prospect
California (California-Hendricks)
Castle Lead
Castle Mountain
Cumberland Mine
Etta Claim (Cumberland Group)
Felix Cexent
Golden Eagle Prospect
Grasshopper Mine
Great Eastern & Great Western (Bamboo Chief; Elkhorn)
Hidden Treasure Claim
Homestake Mine
Iron Chief
Judge Mine
Jumbo Mine
Legal Tender Prospect
Little Jumbo Mine
Little May
Lucky Dollar Mine
Merrimac (Cumberland Group)
Milwaukee Mine
Montcana Group
Powderly (Silver Dollar Mine)
Queen-Hensley Mine (Copper Bowl; Queen-Hensley Group; Queen Hensley Group Pat.; Copper Kettle)
Silver Spoon Prospect (Powderly; Silver Dollar)
Silver Star
Skidoo
Solid Silver Occurrence
Top Lode Prospect (Copper Top; Tip Top)
Unnamed Pumice Occurrence (MRDS - 10221991)
Vandor
Voss Occurrence
Willow Creek Deposit (Ringling Mine)
Yellowstone Mine

Latitude: 46°28'47"N
Longitude: 110°41'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.479722222222,-110.69694444444
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnet
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaMiniumNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelVesuvianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12317542734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123176427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)5231754,231760,231763,231764,2317654979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22231753,23176727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10231751,231753,231754,231758,231759,231760,231763,231764,231765,23178324243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12317541107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41231766247
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24231753,231754,231763,23176439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24231754,231763,231764,23176761156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3231754,231763,2317642473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2231754,23176421482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO44231751,231754,231763,2317641655


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