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Locality Name:
Silver City District, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 44987
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44987.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver City District, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Alexander Mine (Alexandria And Lady Of The Hills Mine)
Diana Mine (Gorman's Mine; Comstock Mine)
Duggan's Shaft Occurrence (Duggan's Prospects)
Duggan's Whim Occurrence (Duggan's Prospects)
Grandview Mine
Home Lode Mine (Stibnite Group)
Honey Mine (Huney Mine; Tom Gorman Property)
Jenny Gulch Mine (Yuetta Claim)
Midnight Mine
Morrow Mine
Queen Bee Mine
Tuttle Mine (Iowa Imp Claim)

Latitude: 44°3'43"N
Longitude: 103°35'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.061944444444,-103.58638888889
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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu H K O Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopiapiteCopperCovellite
MelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SulphurZinkenite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4266215,266216,266221,2662229052
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O75266211,266212,266216,266217,266219450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S117266211,266212,266215,266216,266217,266219,266222843
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41266211352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23266211,266215,26622227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1266211382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12662224165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4266213,266214,266221,26622224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4266211,266217,266219,26622130554
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1266212469
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S147266211,266212,266215,266216,266217,266219,266222784
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1266211915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S240158
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210266211,266212,266213,266214,266215,266216,266217,266218,266219,26622239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812662129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26266211,266213,266214,266215,266216,26621961156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S210165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31266222179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12662116417
Silver  (*)CopperAg4266211,266217,266219,2662215186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2266215,26621621482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1266222446
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2266211,2662222045
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S421266222228


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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