Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Jardine Mining District (Sheepeater Mining District; Bear Gulch Mining District), Park Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 50310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jardine Mining District (Sheepeater Mining District; Bear Gulch Mining District), Park Co., Montana, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jardine Mine (Mineral Hill Mine)

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Löllingite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite

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: As Au Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper Löllingite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Löllingite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4000	2500	1	232572	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	1	232572	27198
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4000	2500	0		327
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	1	232572	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2500	1	232572	30554
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	4000	2500	1	232572	762
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	4000	2500	1	232572	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	1	232572	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	1	232572	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	1	232572	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4000	2500	1	232572	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	1	232572	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Jen_0001443	4000	2500	Archean		age of associated magmatism									36825	Jardine Mine (Mineral Hill Mine), Jardine Mining District (Sheepeater Mining District; Bear Gulch Mining District), Park Co., Montana, USA	Jardine	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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