Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pomeroy Mine (Brick Pomeroy; Silver Buckle; Silver Belt), Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 164030
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-164030.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pomeroy Mine (Brick Pomeroy; Silver Buckle; Silver Belt), Blue Wing Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°11'56"N
Longitude: 112°57'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.198888888889,-112.96611111111

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	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Duftite ()*
Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Apatite Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	220
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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