Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Argenta, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA

mindat Locality ID: 186050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argenta, Argenta Mining District, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Iron Mountain Mine
Stapleton Gulch

Latitude: 45°18'4"N
Longitude: 112°52'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.301111111111,-112.87861111111

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Brochantite	Calcite	Corundum
Diaspore	Fornacite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Corkite ()*	Creaseyite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tsumebite ()*
Vauquelinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brackebuschite Brochantite Calcite Corundum
Diaspore Fornacite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	226202	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	226202	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	226202	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	226199	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	226202	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	226202	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	226202	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	226199,226201,226202,226203	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	226202	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	226199,226202	3531
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	226202	151
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O	1	226202	27
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	226199,226202	2970
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	226202	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	226199,226202,226203	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	226199,226202	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	226202	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	226199,226201,226202	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	226199,226202	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	226202	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	226199,226202	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	226199	1107
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	226202,226203	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	226199,226202	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	226202	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	226201,226202,226203	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	226199,226202	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	226202	2473
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	226199	1101
Tsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	1	226202	32
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	1	226202	63
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	226199,226201,226202	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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