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Locality Name:
Durango & Moorlight Group (Durango & Moonlight Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 161209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-161209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Durango & Moorlight Group (Durango & Moonlight Group), Philipsburg Mining District (Flint Creek Mining District), Granite Co., Montana, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Durango Mine
Headlight Mine (Moorlight Group)
Horton Mine (Imperial Mine; Midnight Mine; Silver Chief Mine; True Fissure Mine)

Latitude: 46°20'5"N
Longitude: 113°15'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.334722222222,-113.265

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.

Adelite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Duftite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Nsutite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Fluorite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	228646	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	228648	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	228648	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	228648	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	228648	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	228647,228648	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	228647	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	228648	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	228648	2970
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	2	228646,228648	220
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	228646,228648	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	228647,228648	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	228648	30554
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	1	228648	73
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	1	228648	121
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	228648	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	228646,228647,228648	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	228648	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	228648	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	228646,228647,228648	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	228647	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	228646,228648	1711
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	228648	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	228647,228648	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	228648	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	228647	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	228648	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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