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Locality Name:
Roubaix, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 44898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roubaix, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Anaconda Mine (Uncle Sam Mine; Cloverleaf Mine)
Elk Creek
Jungle Mine (Custer Peak Copper Mine)
Lucky Strike (Fuston Claim; Bird Claim)
Obsidian
Poorman Formation
Railroad Cuts
Safe Investment Mine (Duncan Kennedy Property; Oregon Nos. 1-29; Pyrite Mine)

Latitude: 44°13'58"N
Longitude: 103°37'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.232777777778,-103.6325
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 Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
MalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Copper  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12655821036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12655769052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212655785509
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22265576,26557827198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Copper  (*)CopperCu12655783846
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21265581271
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126557624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12655777437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3265576,265579,26558330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12655782812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21265581223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32265579,26558214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312655825433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4126558214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2126557812537
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1265580260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22265576,26557839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82265576,2655789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22265576,26557961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2265579,2655835186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126557621482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12655781101
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12655821025


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