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Locality Name:
Hog Heaven Mining District (Flathead Mining District), Flathead Co., Montana, USA


mindat Locality ID: 159594
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159594.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hog Heaven Mining District (Flathead Mining District), Flathead Co., Montana, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Birdseye Mine
Blow Out Mine No. 1
Dale Mine
Eudora Mine (Bergman And Murphy Property Mine)
Golden Queen No. 1 Mine
Grant Mine (Ole Mine)
Hebnes Pit
Kofford Ridge
Limonite Vein And Nodule Occurrence (MRDS - 10019022)
Martin And Battle Butte Mines
Mary Ann Mine
O. F. Martin Mine
Reser Property (Bertha G. Claim)
Unnamed Lead & Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10135436)
Unnamed Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10220810)
West Flathead Mine

Latitude: 47°55'15"N
Longitude: 114°35'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.920833333333,-114.59972222222
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 Ba Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAramayoiteBaryteBournoniteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorrensiteCovellite
EnargiteFeldsparGeocroniteKobelliteLillianiteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTridymiteWurtziteXanthoconite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beidellite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Eskimoite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gustavite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kalinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rectorite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tridymite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S5228133,228138,228142,228145,2281502793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)65228133,228138,228142,228145,228150966
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S6122814229
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5228133,228138,228142,228145,22815011547
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O2228138,22815085
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62228138,228142413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42228142,2281455516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS312281421089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2122814227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12281424165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42228142,228145910
Eskimoite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb10Bi15S36122814220
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4228133,228141,228142,22814524243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231228142133
Gold  (*)CopperAu122813630554
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S61228142113
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612281422228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S231228142105
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O122814254
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35122814287
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212281425674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21228142252
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2122814217380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31228142733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24228133,228142,228145,22815039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23228133,228142,22814561156
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O122814249
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1228142598
Silver  (*)CopperAg12281365186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS122814421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312281505317
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21228142458
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3122814289


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