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Locality Name:
The Get Even Claim (Florence Mine), Warm Springs District (Gilt Edge District; Gold Hill District; Maiden District), Fergus Co., Montana, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 73.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53.7

mindat Locality ID: 165102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-165102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "The Get Even Claim (Florence Mine), Warm Springs District (Gilt Edge District; Gold Hill District; Maiden District), Fergus Co., Montana, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°11'6"N
Longitude: 109°11'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.185,-109.19805555556

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 Au C Ca Cu F H Hg O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu F H Hg O S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneCalciteCopperFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasiteSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S73.353.702793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)273.353.705509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)73.353.7027770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O73.353.703531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS73.353.702600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF273.353.709617
Gold  (*)CopperAu73.353.7030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)273.353.7012537
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]73.353.70716
Silver  (*)CopperAg73.353.705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS73.353.7021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1373.353.705317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-0010173.353.7 K-Ar, F.T.    YesImiteriteHg50255Warm Springs District (Gilt Edge District; Gold Hill District; Maiden District), Fergus Co., Montana, USA Marvin et al. (1980); Zhang and Spry (1994)   


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