Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bloody Dick Mining District (Lehmi Pass Mining District; Bobbit Mining District; Beaverhead Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 159592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bloody Dick Mining District (Lehmi Pass Mining District; Bobbit Mining District; Beaverhead Mining District), Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Last Chance-Shady Tree Mine (Staatz Location No. 82; Wellborn Thorium Property)
Lemhi Pass Deposits
Puzzler 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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Spinel	Zircon

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brockite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si Th Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz Rhabdophane Spinel Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	226440,226441	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	226442	5516
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O	1	226440	48
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	226441	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	226442	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	226442	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	226442	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	226441	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	226441	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	226440	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	226440	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	226441	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	226442	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	226440	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	226441	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	226440,226441	61156
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	226441	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	226440	1006
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	226441	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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