Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Elk Creek-Coloma Mining District, Missoula Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 68419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elk Creek-Coloma Mining District, Missoula Co., Montana, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Clemantha
Coloma Barite Vein
Coloma Placer
Comet Mine
Crystal Springs Mine
Dixie Group
Elk Creek Placers (Elk Creek Hydraulic; Davey; Warner; And McKevitt And Iverson Placers)
Frostbite Deposit (Frost Barite Mine)
Joyce Number Two
Mammoth Mine
McGinnis And Washoe Creek Placer
Missoula Limestone
Morse And Kennedy Mine
Olympiad Mine (Comet Mine)
Rambled Mine (Crystal Springs; Cato; Valley; Clemanth; Rambler)
Sinkwater Creek Barite Deposit
Unnamed Barite Occurrence (MRDS - 10197692)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10124486)
Valley Mine

Latitude: 46°51'26"N
Longitude: 113°23'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.857222222222,-113.39138888889

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Spinel Tetrahedrite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	232068,232082	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	232079	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	232076,232079,232080,232081	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	232079	3531
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	232072,232073,232076,232077,232080,232081	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	232079	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	232068	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	232079	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	232080,232081	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	232068,232072,232079,232080,232081	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	232076,232081	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	232068	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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