Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Belmont Mine, Butte, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 14946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belmont Mine, Butte, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°0'49"N
Longitude: 112°31'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.013611111111,-112.5225

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Digenite	Enargite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 C Cu Fe Mn Mo O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Cu Fe Mn Mo O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Digenite Enargite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*
Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	70	70	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	70	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	70	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	70	70	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	70	70	910
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	70	70	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	70	70	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	70	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	70	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	70	70	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70	70	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	70	70	5317

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
	Mo-00137	70	70										Molybdenite	Mo	14946	Belmont Mine, Butte, Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA	Belmont Mine	Gammons et al. (2006)	10.1007/s10230-006-0113-7	MWE25_70

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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