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Locality Name:
Pioneer Mining District (Gold Creek Mining District), Powell Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1757
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1755

mindat Locality ID: 50313
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50313.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pioneer Mining District (Gold Creek Mining District), Powell Co., Montana, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Alice Marie Placer
Ballard Hill; French Gulch; Job's Point Placers
Big Sky Placer
Camp Verde Placer Mining Claim
China Bar
Clay Deposit Near Haskell
Clay Deposit Near Hoover Creek
Dry Gulch Placer
French Gulch Placers
Gold Creek Prospect
Henry Thomas Mine
Hoover Creek Road
Independence Creek And Windy Hill Placer (West Fork Of Indepenence Creek)
Jobs Point
K & K Bar And Middle And E. Fork Of Pioneer Creek Placer (Kohrs And Kelly Mine Kohrs And Bielenberg Mine)
Kelly; Irvine; And Squaw Gulch Pits; Gold Hill
Lois Mine
Lower Gold Creek Placer (China Bar Placer)
Lower Pioneer Gulch Placer
Marjorie Placer
Orphan Boy Placer
Pikes Peak Creek
Pioneer Gulch Placers
Reservoir Hill Placer (Reservoir Placer Mine)
Schermerhorn Gulch
South Gold Creek Area
Squaw Gulch Pit
Tibbetts Mine
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10124481)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10124699)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10124869)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10197478)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10221371)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10294756)
Unnamed Pumice Occurrence (MRDS - 10270644)

Latitude: 46°31'49"N
Longitude: 112°56'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.530277777778,-112.93833333333

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Kaolinite
Malachite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	233082	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	233082	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	233055,233056	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	233082	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1757	1755	0		27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	233082	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	233082	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			14	233051,233053,233057,233058,233063,233065,233066,233068,233069,233071,233072,233078,233079,233082	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	233056	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	233055,233056,233062	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	233082	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	233055	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	233055,233056,233062	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	233082	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	233082	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	233055,233056,233062,233082	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	233082	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	233082	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	233082	1655

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
	Bradley_2012_016	1757	1755	1756±1	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			160106	Big Sky Placer, Pioneer Mining District (Gold Creek Mining District), Powell Co., Montana, USA	—	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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